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4x=-3y+24 ----(1)
\n" ); document.write( "4x+3y-24 =0 ----(I)(change side,then change sign)
\n" ); document.write( "This we call the general form of equation to a straight line.
\n" ); document.write( "Note: A linear equation in x and y given by
\n" ); document.write( "Ax + By +C =0 (where A and B are not simultaneously zero)
\n" ); document.write( "is called the general form of equation to a straight line.
\n" ); document.write( "Please ask your teacher about standard form.
\n" ); document.write( "If (1) is represented as y = (-4/3)x +8 ----(2)
\n" ); document.write( "[retaining the y-term on one side and the rest to the other side and then dividing by the coefficient of y through out and when the coefficient of y on one side is 1, the coefficient of x on the other side is the slope of the line and the free constant on the other side is called the y-intercept of the line.
\n" ); document.write( "This form (2) above is called the slope and y-intercept form of equation of the line.
\n" ); document.write( "Here slope = (-4/3) and y - intercept = 8 \r
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