SOLUTION: Explain, in english, how to transform a liniear function with two variables in standard form to slope intercept form.

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Question 4413: Explain, in english, how to transform a liniear function with two variables in standard form to slope intercept form.
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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Start with standard form: Ax+By = C, and solve for y.

Add -Ax to each side of the equation:
Ax+-+Ax+%2B+By+=+-Ax+%2B+C+
By+=+-+Ax+%2B+C

Divide each term in the equation by B in order to solve for y:
+%28By%29+%2FB+=+%28-Ax%29%2FB+%2B+C%2FB+
y+=+%28-A%2FB%29x+%2B+C%2FB+

This is slope intercept form, where slope = -A%2FB and y-intercept = C%2FB.

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