Explain in your own words how to rewrite an equation in slope-intercept form if the equation is presented to you in standard form. Provide an example.

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Reginald Rush

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20 September, 15:34

Explain in your own words how to rewrite an equation in slope-intercept form if the equation is presented to you in standard form. Provide an example.

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Tobias Smith · Answer 1

Answer: We'll use 10x - 28y = 56 as an example.

Step-by-step explanation: Slope-intercept form is y = mx + b. To put (10x - 28y = 56) in S-I form, first you'd isolate the y-term by subtracting 10x from both sides of the equation. On one side, you'd have - 28y, and on the other side, you'd have - 10x + 56. Then, solve for y; divide - 28y by - 28, and divide the whole other side of the equation (-10x + 56) by - 28. From that you'd get y = 5/14x - 2. The equation is now in slope-intercept form.