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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you slove for 5y=10x-25 in standard form and identify a,b,c </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #34040 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=junior403><B>junior403(76)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=junior403><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=34040\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The standard form of an equation is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ax + by = c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So in the equation 5y=10x-25 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ax = 10x, by = 5y and c = -25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, in order to identify a, b and c, we need to first put it into standard form because when we do some of these numbers may change.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y = 10x -25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First we can subtract the 10x from both sides of the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10x + 5y = -25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we have to distrubute the negative sign - in order to identify our true numbers...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x -5y + 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ax + by = c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I hope this helps.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Good Luck!  </SPAN>\n" );
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