Question

by graphing what would your top equation be?
3x+4y=48

6x+2y=60

Answers

GPT 3.5
To find the top equation by graphing, we need to plot the two equations and determine which one is on top (closer to the Y-axis) at the point where they intersect.

To graph the equations, we can put them in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b), where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

For the first equation:
3x + 4y = 48
4y = -3x + 48
y = (-3/4)x + 12

For the second equation:
6x + 2y = 60
2y = -6x + 60
y = (-6/2)x + 30
y = -3x + 30

Now we can plot the two equations on a graph:

Graph of y = (-3/4)x + 12:
(0, 12) --> y-intercept
(-4, 15) --> sloping downwards to the right

Graph of y = -3x + 30:
(0, 30) --> y-intercept
(10, 0) --> sloping downwards to the right

The point of intersection is where the two lines cross. By observing the graph, the top equation is: y = (-3/4)x + 12.

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