document.write( "Question 64295: My question is:
\n" ); document.write( "How do I write the steps to writing an equation in standard form starting with a linear equation( in general all linear equations ) step by step?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thank you very much tutor,
\n" ); document.write( " Steven
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Algebra.Com's Answer #44936 by funmath(2933)\"\" \"About 
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Aloha Steven,
\n" ); document.write( "The standard form of a linear equation is \"highlight%28Ax%2BBy=C%29\", where A,B, and C are intergers. Some books also require that A be positive.
\n" ); document.write( "If we had a linear equation in slope intercept form like this: \"y=%283%2F4%29x-5\" and we were asked to put it in standard form, the first thing that I would notice is that the x term is in the wrong place, so I would move it.
\n" ); document.write( "\"-%283%2F4%29x%2By=-%283%2F4%29x%2B%283%2F4%29x-5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-%283%2F4%29x%2By=0-5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-%283%2F4%29x%2By=-5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now I would notice that the coefficient of x is both negative and a fraction. To change that I would multiply everything by the -denominator, -4. (If your book doesn't require that A be positive, you can multiply by 4.)
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28-4%29%28-3%2F4%29x%2B%28-4%29y=%28-4%29%28-5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%2812%2F4%29x-4y=20\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%283x-4y=10%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "I hope that clarifies things. Let me know if you don't understand something that I showed you.
\n" ); document.write( "Happy Calculating!!!
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