What is the standard form of $y-7=-2/3 (x+1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-06T17:08:31

$-2/3x+y=19/3$

Standard form takes the form

$ax+by=c$ , where our variables are on the left.

In our example, we can start by distributing the $-2/3$ on the right to now have:

$y-7=-2/3x-2/3$

We can add $7$ or $21/3$ to both sides to get

$y=-2/3x+19/3$

Lastly, we can add $2/3x$ to both sides to get

$-2/3x+y=19/3$

Hope this helps!

What is the standard form of y-7=-2/3 (x+1)y-7=-2/3 (x+1)?