Question

I need some serious help with standard form, Im really confused . Here's a problem ,

Write the equation y - 2 = 2(x - 3) in standard form.

Can someone help me to solve it so I can know how to solve other problems like it ? ...?

Answer 1

I can see that the equation given above is a linear equation since y and x are the only variable and the degree is one. The standard form of a linear equation is written as:

Ax + By = C

We write the given equation into standard form as follows:

y - 2 = 2(x - 3)
y - 2 = 2x - 6
y -2x = -6 +2
y - 2x = -4
2x - y = 4