document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1057013>Question 1057013</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the general linear equation &#8203;(Ax+By+C=&#8203;0) of a straight line that is horizontal and that passes through &#8203;(-3&#8203;,&#8722;1&#8203;).<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 #672098 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=672098\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Horizontal means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-A%2FB=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-A%2FB=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B%3C%3E0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B%3C%3E0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  This means by conclusion that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=By%2BC=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"By%2BC=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation must include point (-3,-1).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try working through slope-intercept form, instead, and you could make an easier formed equation, and then turn that result into standard form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Note that Ax+By+C=0 is standard form, and not general form). </SPAN>\n" );
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