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how do you solve -5x+4y=19

 May 17, 2016
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are you trying to graph the equation or solve for x/y

 May 17, 2016
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 -5x+4y=19

 

This is called a Linear Diophantine equation and has an infinite number of solutions, such as:

x=1, y=6 or x=5, y=11 or x=9, y=16.........etc.

 May 17, 2016
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It is not a diophantine equation.  Or at least there is no reason to think that it is.

It is just the equation of a line, passing through(0,19/4) and (-19/5,0),  and yes there are infinite solutions.

 May 17, 2016
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ax + by = 1        This is a linear Diophantine equation. x , y are the unknowns, a, b are given constants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diophantine_equation

Look under "Examples"

 

A Diophantine equation is an equation in which only integer solutions are allowed.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DiophantineEquation.html

 May 17, 2016
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This is not a diophantine equation because ther is no suggestion in the question that the answers have to be integers. :)

 

It is however a linear equation :)

Melody  May 17, 2016

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