SOLUTION: When translating standard form into slope-intercept form, how would you solve the equation 7x=3y-12 ? Thank you so much.

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Question 830606: When translating standard form into slope-intercept form, how would you solve the equation 7x=3y-12 ? Thank you so much.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Standard Form: Ax+By=C
Slope-Intercept Form: y=mx+b

Your given equation, 7x=3y-12, is not in either form. It may represent a step from standard form toward solving for y:
7x-3y=-12 ------ standard form
7x=3x-12 ------ added -3x to both sides.

Changing from standard form to slope-intercept form can go this way:
THESE ARE THE STEPS!
Ax%2BBy=C----Beginning in standard form
By=C-Ax
By=-Ax%2BC
y=-%28A%2FB%29x%2BC%2FB------Finishing in slope-intercept form
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The slope is -%28A%2FB%29 and the y-intercept is C%2FB.