GED Math : Standard Form

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Example Question #21 : Standard Form

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?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

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:  

Example Question #238 : Algebra

Rewrite the equation in standard form:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Distribute the four through both terms of the binomial.

Subtract  on both sides of the equation.

Simplify both sides.

The answer is:  

Example Question #239 : Algebra

Which of the following is an equation, in standard form, of the line of the coordinate plane with intercepts  and  ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, find the slope-intercept form of the equation. This is 

,

where  is the slope and  is the -intercept of the line. Since  is this intercept, . Also, the slope of a line with intercepts  and  is , so, setting ,

.

The slope-intercept form is 

The standard form of the equation is 

,

where, by custom, , and  are relatively prime integers, and . To accomplish this:

Switch the expressions:

Add  to both sides:

Multiply both sides by 3 to eliminate the denominator and make the coefficients integers with GCF 1:

Distribute on the left:

This is the correct equation.

Example Question #21 : Standard Form

Rewrite the equation

in standard form so that the coefficients are integers, the coefficient of is positive, and the three integers are relatively prime.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

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.

Example Question #71 : Linear Algebra

What is the standard form of the equation of the line that goes through the point  and has a slope of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 .

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