The equation y = -5x - 7 describes a function that is translated from a parent function. write the parent function.

If the only transformation we're concerned with is translation, the parent function is y = -5x. The translation is 7 units downward.

If we're also concerned with vertical expansion, then the parent function is y = -x. If we add reflection to the list of transformations we're considering, then the parent function is y = x.

from the sentence, "tomorrow morning, akiko will arrive an hour late" depicts a third person perspective because it doesn't use any pronoun to replace akiko, the subject of the sentence, and it is in singular form since akiko is only one person.