Marcus plans to spend $72 at a local clothing store that sells t-shirts for $8 each and jeans for $12 each, sales tax included. This scenario is modeled by 8x + 12y = 72, where X represents the number of t-shirts purchased and y represents the number of jeans purchased. What point on the graph represents Marcus' purchase if it consisted of only t-shirts?

Option
A. The x intercept (9,0)
B. The y intercept (0,6)
C. The x intercept (6,0)
D. The y intercept of (0,9)

a. the x intercept (9,0)

hello from mrbilldoesmath!

answer:

x - 3

discussion:

x^2 - 9 = (x-3) (x+3)   so

(x^2-9)/ (x + 3) = x-3

you,

mrb

step-by-step explanation:

i think something is missing in your question because y-1=(x-12) would not pass through the point (-4,-3). because if you replace x by -4 your are supposed to find y=-3 which is not the case her. if you replace x by -4 you find =-15.

i assume the right equation is y-1=1/4*(x-12) because this one is passing through both your points (if you are interested to know how i found that out i can tell you).

in this equation if i replace x by -4 i find y=-3 and if i replace x by 12, i find y=1 so the line representing this equation is passing through those 2 points.

then the standard form of the equation is finding an expression of y in function of x

y-1=1/4*(x-12)

y=x/4-3+1

y=x/4-2

hope that .

do you confirm there was a mistake in the question?