SOLUTION: true or false? 2x - y = 3 is a linear equation in standard form?

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Question 454671: true or false?
2x - y = 3 is a linear equation in standard form?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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False
Standard form is y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept.
The standard form for 2x-y=3
first subtract 2x from each side
-y=-2x+3
next multiply each term by -1
y=2x-3-----------------------standard form

Hope this helps---ptaylor