SOLUTION: how to write y=2/3x-5 in standard form

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Question 1187937: how to write y=2/3x-5 in standard form
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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how to write y =2%2F3x - 5 in standard form
multiply eq by 3 to get rid of the fraction
3y = 2x - 15
rearrange to
15 = 2x - 3y
or
2x - 3y = 15

Answer by ikleyn(52903) About Me  (Show Source):
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Standard form linear equation of two variables is


    ax + by = c.


THEREFORE, to get the standard form linear equation in your case.

simply collect all variable terms in the left side;  keep the constant term on the right side.



When you move the terms from one side equation to its other side, do not forget to change the sign

of the term, which you move across the equality sign.



In order to have integer coefficient in the standard form, multiply all the terms of the standard form by 3,

in both sides of the equation.