SOLUTION: How do you get an equation into standard form? I know Ax+By=C but my problem is a/4+b/3=2 how do you get it into standard form? thanks

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Question 24359: How do you get an equation into standard form? I know Ax+By=C but my problem is a/4+b/3=2 how do you get it into standard form? thanks
Answer by askmemath(368) About Me  (Show Source):
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Do you know how to find the L.C.M or the Least Common Multiple? Once you do that, then the problem becomes easy.
a%2F4%2Bb%2F3=2
The L.C.M of 3 and 4 is 12
4 goes into 12 3 times
so we write 3xa = 3a
Similarly 3 goes into 12 4 times
and we write 4xb = 4b
%283a%2B4b%29%2F12=2
Cross multiplying
3a+4b = 12x2 = 24
3a+4b = 24