Question

How do I get y = 12x in standard form

Answer 1

subtract y from both sides

Answer 2

what do you get

Answer 3

12X - Y

Answer 4

don't forget = 0

so its 12x - y = 0

its an equation so you need the equal's sign

Answer 5

is that it

Answer 6

Arguably, it was in (a) standard form to start with....

Answer 7

no it wasn't it was written in slope intercept form

Answer 8

So why is slope intercept not a standard form?

Answer 9

@estudier, indeed, there seems to be some inconsistency in mathematics between 'general forms' and 'standard forms'

Answer 10

Slope intercept form is y = mx + b
Standard form is AX + BY = C

Answer 11

Each type of function has its own template for what it calls 'standard' and what it calls 'general.' For linear equations, the standard is Ax+By=C

Answer 12

Says who?

Answer 13

Says nobody

Answer 14

You could try and argue that there is a "canonical" expression for a line, I don't think there is one, really.

Answer 15

There are mathematical conventions that people agree on to be able to be consistent when they talk to one another.
No different from having X for horizontal and Y for vertical. It's arbitrary, but we have to agree on something so we can talk to each other.

There is a 'general form' for quadratics: Ax^2 +Bx +Cy^2 +Dy + Exy + F = 0 and many 'standard forms' for quadratics depending on if the graph is a parabola, circle, ellipse, etc.