SOLUTION: y-5=3/2(x+4) in standard form

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Question 827744: y-5=3/2(x+4) in standard form
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You must really mean, y-5=%283%2F2%29%28x%2B4%29;

Follow this general example:
y-k=%28v%2Fh%29%28x-p%29 ---- the point-slope form of your given example, but now generalized;
%28y-k%29h=v%28x-p%29
hy-hk=vx-p
vx-p=hy-hk
vx-hy-p=hk
highlight_green%28vx-hy=p%2Bhk%29 ---- this would be standard form. It generally corresponds to Ax+By=C

The given generalized example uses v/h as the slope, in which you may imagine v and h are integers. This permits demonstrating the clearing of the fraction, by multiplying both sides by the denominator.