Question

Does (1, 8) make the equation y = x − 7 true?

true or false?

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To determine if the point (1, 8) makes the equation \( y = x - 7 \) true, we can substitute \( x = 1 \) into the equation and see if the resulting \( y \) value is equal to 8.

Substituting \( x = 1 \):

\[
y = 1 - 7
\]
\[
y = -6
\]

Since the result is \( y = -6 \), which is not equal to 8, the point (1, 8) does not satisfy the equation.

Therefore, the answer is **false**.