Explain how to use a benchmark fraction to determine what fraction is greater 3/6 or 5/12?

Consider the system: y = 3x + 5 y = ax + b what values for a and b make the system inconsistent? what values for a and b make the system consistent and dependent? explain

Solve the equation -9p - 17 =10 a -3 b. 16 c. 18 d -16

Erinn wrote the equation –5x + 4y = 32 to represent her hourly wage (y) and how this wage has changed during each year that she worked at a company (x). what is the rate of change in erinn's hourly wage per year?