SOLUTION: What are the steps to solve a linear equation?

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Question 579580: What are the steps to solve a linear equation?
Answer by dfrazzetto(283)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE a linear equation
Solve . Move 1 to the right: . Divide by 2:


Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is .
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 8/4 = 2.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 8/2 = 4.
  • Slope is -4/2 = -2.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=-2*x+4.
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