39.In the xy-plane, if line k has negative slope and passes through the point (-5, r), is the x-intercept of line k positive?(E) (1)The slope of line k is -5 (2)r>0 let the line k=ax+b since k has negative slope, then a<0 since k passes through (-5, r), then r=-5a+b need to know: whether b>0 or not (1) a=-5, then r=25+b, since we do not know r, we cannot determine the sign of b. (2) r>0, then -5a+b>0, then b>5a, but 5a is a negative number, so we still do not know if b is positive. (1)+(2) we know r=25+b>0, then b>-25, we still don't know the sign of b. Therefore (E) is the answer.
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