How do you evaluate the expression $\frac{y - 11}{x - 2}$ $(y-11)/(x-2)$ when x=-4 and y=5?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-10T17:39:30

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Substitute $- 4$ $color(red)(-4)$ for $x$ $color(red)(x)$ and $5$ $color(blue)(5)$ for $y$ $color(blue)(y)$ :

$\frac{y - 11}{x - 2}$ $(color(blue)(y) - 11)/(color(red)(x) - 2)$ becomes:

$\frac{5 - 11}{- 4 - 2} \Rightarrow \frac{- 6}{- 6} \Rightarrow 1$ $(color(blue)(5) - 11)/(color(red)(-4) - 2) => (-6)/-6 => 1$

How do you evaluate the expression y−11x−2(y-11)/(x-2) when x=-4 and y=5?