-- Posted by kruger07 at 4:14 pm on July 6, 2009 how the fuck do you do standard form? like; bc i cant grasp things easily. :/ theres one that says y= 5/9 x + 4 my headhurts theres an exam tomorrow and ughhh. -- Posted by Shush at 4:16 pm on July 6, 2009 Just move the x to the left side. -- Posted by LiveForeverDieTonite at 4:18 pm on July 6, 2009 Ax + By + C = 0 -5x + 9y - 45 = 0 or Ax + By = C -5x + 9y = 45 -- Posted by RubberTrees at 4:18 pm on July 6, 2009 Do you mean Ax + By = C? Edit:  What kind of problems are you doing? -- Posted by TheClassic at 4:18 pm on July 6, 2009 Standard Form is y = mx + b. So if it's y = 5/9x + b it's already standard form... -- Posted by NZ Guy at 4:19 pm on July 6, 2009 What is standard form? I spent 5 years at high school (until the end) and i have only ever heard of Standard form on here, we must call it something else over here. -- Posted by Shush at 4:20 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from TheClassic at 4:18 pm on July 6, 2009 Standard Form is y = mx + b. So if it's y = 5/9x + b it's already standard form... No. That's slope-intercept form. -- Posted by blitzerdog at 4:31 pm on July 6, 2009 That's already in standard form. Slope/y-intercept form Or you just do Ax+by=C get constant on one side, and variables on other. -- Posted by Just Waiting Here at 4:32 pm on July 6, 2009 For standard forms, you basically want to put everything on the same time while also getting rid of any fractions. You currently have 5/9x... to make this no longer a fraction, you need to multiply both sides of the equation by 9. 9*(y)= (5/9 x + 4)*9 9y = 5x + 36 You no longer have any fractions left, so it's a matter of taking everything on to one side of the equation.  I personally like the 'x' to have a positive sign, so I would subtract 9y from both sides (or move 9y to the other side). 0 = 5x - 9y + 36 -- Posted by Shush at 4:35 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from Just Waiting Here at 4:32 pm on July 6, 2009 For standard forms, you basically want to put everything on the same time while also getting rid of any fractions. You currently have 5/9x... to make this no longer a fraction, you need to multiply both sides of the equation by 9. 9*(y)= (5/9 x + 4)*9 9y = 5x + 36 You no longer have any fractions left, so it's a matter of taking everything on to one side of the equation. I personally like the 'x' to have a positive sign, so I would subtract 9y from both sides (or move 9y to the other side). 0 = 5x - 9y + 36 That's general form. -- Posted by Just Waiting Here at 5:00 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from Shush at 4:35 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from Just Waiting Here at 4:32 pm on July 6, 2009 For standard forms, you basically want to put everything on the same time while also getting rid of any fractions.    You currently have 5/9x... to make this no longer a fraction, you need to multiply both sides of the equation by 9.    9*(y)= (5/9 x + 4)*9    9y = 5x + 36    You no longer have any fractions left, so it's a matter of taking everything on to one side of the equation.  I personally like the 'x' to have a positive sign, so I would subtract 9y from both sides (or move 9y to the other side).    0 = 5x - 9y + 36 That's general form. I'm confused, the majority of the things that I've seen have said Ax + By = C, in which case I just need to move my 36 to the other side. However, I'm not sure what you're claiming standard form to be, because just moving x to the other side is not standard form either.  You need integers, and I believe that the coefficient of x is typically said to be a positive integer.