Miguel currently earns $9 per hour at work. his hourly wage will increase by 70¢ every 5 months for the first year. in a function that models miguels average hourly wage over time in months, what is the slope?
a. $0.5 per month
b. $0.14 per hour
c. $0.70 per month
d. $9 per hour

Aclassmate thinks that solving a system by graphing gives an exact answer when the lines appear to cross at a grid point, but only an approximate answer when they don't. explain why this isn't true.

Add, subtract, multiply, or divide as indicated. list any restrictions for the variable(s) and simplify the answers when possible. 1) x-2 / x+5 + 3x / 2x-1 2) x+6 / x-6 - x^2 / x+6 3) x+9 / x-4 + x+2 / x^2-11x+28 4) x / x^2-64 + 11 / 2x^2+11x-40 5) 5 / x + 11 / x-3 - x-4 / x^2+2x-15

Change negative exponents to positive, then solve