How do you determine whether the pair (1,8) is a solution of y= 5+3x?

1 Answer
Apr 19, 2016

It does lie on the line

Explanation:

To find if (1,8) is on the line y=5+3x, just substitute in x=1 and y=8 into the equation:
(8)=5+3(1)
8=8
Because the end result is a TRUE statement, it means that (1,8) is one the line