What is the general form of the equation of the line shown?
a.)x + y = 0
b.)x - y = 0
c.)-x - y = 0
Check the picture below. So let's use those two points on the line.
[tex]\bf (\stackrel{x_1}{0}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{0})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{3}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{3}) \\\\\\ slope = m\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise}{ y_2- y_1}}{\stackrel{run}{ x_2- x_1}}\implies \cfrac{3-0}{3-0}\implies \cfrac{3}{3}\implies 1 \\\\\\ \begin{array}{|c|ll} \cline{1-1} \textit{point-slope form}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ y-y_1=m(x-x_1) \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}\implies y-0=1(x-0)\implies y=x \\\\\\ -x+y=0\implies \stackrel{\textit{standard form}}{x-y=0}[/tex]
bearing in mind that the standard form is also a general form.
standard form for a linear equation means
• all coefficients must be integers, no fractions
• only the constant on the right-hand-side
• all variables on the left-hand-side, sorted
• "x" must not have a negative coefficient