A law firm is going to designate associates and partners to a big new case. The daily rate charged to the client for each associate is $700 and the daily rate for each partner is $1700. The law firm assigned 4 more partners than associates to the case and was able to charge the client $21200 per day for these lawyers' services. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of associates assigned to the case and the number of partners assigned to the case. Define the variables that you use to write the system.

answer: a.

step-by-step explanation: the answer is a. because, you need to converge the fractions to find a solution.

c. y = 1/4 x + 5

step-by-step explanation:

first, put the equation of the line on the graph into slope-intercept form

(y = mx + b):   y = -4x + 8

second, a perpendicular line has to have "an opposite/reciprocal slope" to the original slope. so, find the "m" value in your original equation (it's -4, right? )

original slope: m = -4   perpendicular slope: change the sign to its opposite and find the reciprocal ("flip" the number)

new slope is now positive (b/c the original slope was negative 4), and it's 1/4 (not the original slope of 4 or 4/1)