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