SOLUTION: y+4=1/3(x+6) in standard form using integers

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Question 708203: y+4=1/3(x+6) in standard form using integers
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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      y+4 = 1%2F3(x+6), you want it to look like this:  Ax + By = C
                                              where A is positive:   

Get rid of the fraction by multiplying both sides by 3

  3·(y+4) = 3·1%2F3(x+6)

  3y + 12 = 1(x + 6)

  3y + 12 = x + 6

  -x + 3y = -6

Multiply thru by -1

   x - 3y = 6 

Edwin