document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=50652>Question 50652</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Dear Tutor,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me with this problem..thanks!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Why is 2y+7x=-3 considered a line? We were asked in multiple choice form, and I figured this equation was a line by process of elimination but I would like to know why.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #33737 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=33737\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Any equation that is in the form of a number times x plus or minus a number times y equal to a number term will ALWAYS be a straight line.  This form Ax+By=C is called the standard form of a line. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, any equation in the form of y = mx + b (called the slope-intercept form of a line) is also a straight line.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's when you get x^2 or y^2 or division by x or y, like y = 12/x, etc.  Then this is NOT a straight line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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