Jay and blair went fishing. together they catch 27 fish. jay catch 2 times as many fish as blair. how many fish did jay and blair each catch. write an equation and solve. explain your work.

27=2J+B

you can guess and check: 27=2(9)+9

J=jay

B=blair

We can solve this using the equation 2x+x=27. The 2x represents Jay, and the x represents Blair. We can simplify the equation to 3x=27. 27/3=9. Blair caught 9 fish, and Jay caught 18 fish. I hope this helps!

the slope of the line is 60

one point on the line is (40,10)

step-by-step explanation:

in the equation outside the parenthesis the equation always tells you the slope. in this case it is 60.

in the parenthesis is also says 40 which is x because it is near the x and 10 is y because it is near y.