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Katarina wrote the standard form of a linear equation as 4x – y = 8. Sofiya told her that the equation was not yet in standard form and gave her the right advice for how to fix it. What advice did Sofiya give to Katarina?

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sofiya advice is to change the linear equation to y-intercept (y=mx+b) form so it will be y=4x-8
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standard form (that I learned) is ax+by=c where a and b and c are integers and a is positive
4x-1y=8 is already in standard form

there is another 'standard form' in the form
ax+by+c=0
so then it would be
4x-1y-8=0
neither y=mx+b nor y-y1=m(x-x1) is standard form

the advice would be to either put a 1 in front of the y or to minus 8 from both sides, depends on what form you use
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