Monday, January 25, 2010

What is " y - 3 = 3(x + 6) " in standard form?

The standard form of a line is in the form `Ax + By = C` where `A` is a positive integer, and `B` , and `C` are integers.


First we need to get rid of brackets.


`y-3=3x+18`


Now we put `x` and `y` variables on the left side and numbers to the right side.


`-3x+y=3+18`


`-3x+y=21`


Now we multiply the whole equation by `-1` because we want parameter `A` to be positive.


`3x-y=-21` <-- Standard form                         

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