SOLUTION: Hello, What is the standard form for: y=3x-1? Thank you

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Question 69532: Hello,
What is the standard form for: y=3x-1?
Thank you
Answer by bucky(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
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The standard form of an equation with two variables (in this case the two variables are x and y) is:
Ax+%2B+By+=+C
in which A, B, and C are constants with A and B not both zero.
So what has to be done for this problem is to rearrange y = 3x -1 into the above form.
Subtract 3x from both sides. If you do, you get:
+-3x+%2B+y+=+%283x+-+3x%29+-1
This simplifies to:
+-3x+%2B+y+=+-1
If you compare this to the standard form, you will see that it is the same form in which A = -3, B = 1, and C = -1.
Hope that helps you to see how to arrange linear equations with two variables into standard form.