How do you convert slope intercept form into general form? I don't understand it.

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asked Sep 10, 2018 196k views

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Teddy Zeenny · Answer 1 · 2018-09-16T09:03:10+0000

Take a line passing through a point
(x_0,y_0)

with slope

.

Its point-slope form is

y-y_0=m(x-x_0)

Its slope-intercept form is obtained by expanding and solving for

.

and

is the intercept on the y-axis.

By "genera form", I assume you mean its standard form, which is obtained by moving all terms with

and

to one side and setting it equal to a constant.

y-mx=-mx_0+y_0