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How do you change #y= -x - 2# to standard form?

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Apr 1, 2015

The answer is : # x + y + 2 = 0#

Standard form is of the form:
# ax + by + c = 0#
So,
# y = -x - 2# becomes
# x + y + 2 = 0#

Note that :
In this particular case # a = 1# , # b = 1# , # c = 2# !

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