Carcass wrote:
For what ordered pair (x, y) on the graph of y=12x−1 does the x-coordinate equal the y-coordinate?
A. (-2,-2)
B. (1/2,1/2)
C. (1,-1/2)
D. (2,1)
E. (2,2)
We want to find a point on the graph where the x-coordinate equals the y-coordinate.
In other words, we want:
x=ySo, let's replace
y with
x in the original equation to get:
x=12x−1Subtract
12x from both sides of the equation to get:
12x=−1Multiply both sides of the equation by
2 to get:
x=−2So, when
x=−2, x- and y-coordinates are equal.
Answer: A