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Apositive number a or the same number a increased by 50% and then decreased by 50% of the result?

Suppose you are going to graph the data in the table. minutes temperature (°c) 0 -2 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 -4 6 2 7 -3 what data should be represented on each axis, and what should the axis increments be? x-axis: minutes in increments of 1; y-axis: temperature in increments of 5 x-axis: temperature in increments of 5; y-axis: minutes in increments of 1 x-axis: minutes in increments of 1; y-axis: temperature in increments of 1 x-axis: temperature in increments of 1; y-axis: minutes in increments of 5

Solve 3x-18=2y and 5x-6y=14 by elimination or substitution . show all !