Peter is saving for a down payment of $50,000 for a new home. Yesterday, he created an equation that models his current savings plan to determine how long it will take him reach his goal. In his model, y represents the total amount saved and x represents the number of months since yesterday. Which statement is true?

b. b < 1 might be the correct answer

time is equal to distance over rate so

t = d/r

need a little bit more information for the second question.

answer:

the answer is b) divide by -4 on each side and flip the sign.

step-by-step explanation:

we first need to start by dividing. this is because it is a multiplication problem to start.

we also need to make sure we flip the sign because any time you multiply or divide by negative numbers, the sign must be flipped.