SOLUTION: please help...... what exactly is general form?

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what exactly is general form?

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are all sorts of "general forms" in mathematics. It depends which one you want.
But in "general," if you'll excuse the pun, it means that it is a form with variables only, a form that is used to plug into, that describes a particular mathematical relationship under consideration.

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