Question

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Answer 1

do you know what the standard form is?

Answer 2

@gitahimart is it Ax + By = C?

Answer 3

have you tried to rearrange the equation in question?

Answer 4

y-4=-1/2(x-6)
Ax + By = C
Ax = 1/2x
By = y
C = 4+3=7
so whats the standard form equation?

Answer 5

@esad you lost?

Answer 6

yes..

Answer 7

OK, look at this , you've already given me the format of standard form: Ax + By = C, remember A and B, represent coefficients of x and y resp. and C is a constant, right?

Answer 8

So it would be x + y = 7?

Answer 9

nope, remember:
Ax = 1/2x
By = y
C = 7

Answer 10

1/2x +y = 7, now how do you make the 1/2x whole?

Answer 11

you solve for x?

Answer 12

look at this, there's only 1/2x so to make it whole, multiply the whole equation by 2, i.e
2 (1/2x +y = 7)
what do you get?

Answer 13

You get 1x + y = 7

Answer 14

nope @esad
2*1/2 = 1
so 2 * 1/2x =x ,
also remember when opening up parenthesis, you multiply everything on the inside with whats on the outside:
in this case: 2 (1/2x +y = 7)
becomes x +2y = 14, got it now?