How do you write $y =-0.5x +0.8$ in standard form using integers?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-24T10:53:38

$10y=-5x+8$

Multiply both sides by 10

$y=-0.5x+0.8$

$[10xxy]" "=" "[10xx(-0.5x+0.8)]$

$10y=-5x+8$

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Collins Dictionary of Mathematics states:

$color(brown)("Integer:")$ A number that may be expressed as the sum or difference of two Natural Numbers....

So we have the set of numbers

{...-3,-2,-1, 0, 1, 2, 3 ....} and so on

How do you write y =-0.5x +0.8y =-0.5x +0.8 in standard form using integers?