SOLUTION: y-3 = 3*(x-5) Convert to standard form

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Question 894497: y-3 = 3*(x-5)
Convert to standard form
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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Standard Form for a line in two dimensions is highlight_green%28ax%2Bby=c%29. The equation given to you is in point-slope form. Your first step should be to simplify the equation; and in doing so, arrange variable terms onto one side of the equation and any constant on the other side of the equation.

Here, I will do this only in general:

y-k=m%28x-h%29, line equation in point-slope form.
y-k=mx-mh
-mx%2By-k=-mh
-mx%2By=-mh%2Bk
and then for convenience for the form,
mx-y=mh-k----The step was multiply both sides by -1.
but you might have a denominator in m which you want to clear, so you might multiply both sides of the equation by the denominator of m.

Now you take care of the equation you were given.