GED Math › Standard Form
Refer to the above red line. What is its equation in standard form?
First, we need to find the slope of the above line.
Given two points, , the slope can be calculated using the following formula:
Set :
Second, we note that the -intercept is the point
.
Therefore, in the slope-intercept form of a line, we can set and
:
Since we are looking for standard form - that is, - we do the following:
or
Rewrite the equation in standard form:
The standard form of a linear equation is:
Reorganize the terms.
Add on both sides.
Subtract on both sides.
Subtract four on both sides.
The answer is:
Rewrite the following equation in standard form.
The standard form of a line is , where
are integers.
We therefore need to rewrite so it looks like
.
The steps to do this are below:
Which of the following is an example of an equation of a line written in standard form?
The standard form of a line is , where all constants are integers, i.e. whole numbers.
Therefore, the equation written in standard form is .
Rewrite the equation in standard form:
To rewrite in standard form, we will need the equation in the form of:
Subtract on both sides.
Regroup the variables on the left, and simplify the right.
The answer is:
Given the slope of a line is 7, and a known point is (2,5), what is the equation of the line in standard form?
The standard form of a line is:
We can use the point-slope form of a line since we are only given the slope and a point.
Substitute the slope and the point.
Simplify this equation.
Add on both sides.
Subtract from both sides.
Simplify both sides.
The answer is:
What is the standard form of the equation of the line that goes through the point and has a slope of
?
Start by writing out the equation of the line in point-slope form.
Simplify this equation.
Now, recall what the standard form of a linear equation looks like:
, where
are integers. Traditionally,
is positive.
Rearrange the equation found from the point-slope form so that it has the and
terms on one side, and a number on the other side.
Since the term should be positive, multiply the entire equation by
.
Given the slope of a line is and a point is
, write the equation in standard form.
Write the slope-intercept form of a linear equation.
Substitute the point and the slope.
Solve for the y-intercept, and then write the equation of the line.
The equation in standard form is:
Subtract from both sides.
The answer is:
Give the equation, in standard form, of the line on the above set of coordinate axes.
The -intercept of the line can be seen to be at the point five units above the origin, which is
. The
-intercept is at the point three units to the right of the origin, which is
. From these intercepts, we can find slope
by setting
in the formula
The slope is
Now, we can find the slope-intercept form of the line
By setting ,
:
The standard form of a linear equation in two variables is
,
so in order to find the equation in this form, first, add to both sides:
We can eliminate the fraction by multiplying both sides by 3:
Distribute by multiplying:
,
the correct equation.
Rewrite the equation
in standard form so that the coefficients are integers, the coefficient of is positive, and the three integers are relatively prime.
The standard form of the equation of a line is
.
To rewrite the equation
in this form so that has a positive coefficient, first, switch the places of the expressions:
Get the term on the left and the constant on the right by adding
to both sides:
To eliminate fractions and ensure that the coefficients are relatively prime, multiply both sides by lowest common denominator 14:
Multiply 14 by both expressions in the parentheses:
Cross-canceling:
,
the correct choice.