Given the equation
5x + 4y = 7,
answer the following questions.
(a) is the slope of the line described by this equation positive or negative?
positive
negative

(b) as x increases in value, does y increase or decrease?
increase
decrease

(c) if x decreases by 8 units, what is the corresponding change in y?
units

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation