Different forms of straight line equation
A linear equation represents the equation of a straight line. There are many ways to represents the equation of a line. Here is a summary of all the forms and we will discuss them one by one in each section.
Different forms of straight line equation:
Name | Equation | Description |
Standard form | ax+by+c=0 | a,b,c are constants with a>0 |
Slope intercept form | Y=mx+b | m = slope
b = y intercept |
Point slope form | |
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Two point form | ||
Intercept form | |
a= x intercept
b= y intercept |
Vertical line | x = a | Vertical line passing through(a,0) |
Horizontal line | y= b | Horizontal line passing through(0,b) |
Linear equation in standard form:
An equation of a line in standard form is given as,
ax+by+c=0
where a, b and c are integers with a>0.
Converting linear equations in standard form.
Example1: Write y= 5-2x in standard form.
Solution: First we move -2x to left side and it become positive.
Y+2x = 5
Then we move 5 too on the left side and rewrite it with x term in first place.
Y+2x-5 = 0
2x+y-5 = 0
Example2: Write equation y= 3x-6 in standard form.
Solution: First we move 3x to left and get,
y-3x = -6
Then we move -6 too on left side and rewrite the equation with x term in first place.
-3x +y+6 = 0
Now we need to change x term from negative to positive. For that we multiply both sides with -1.
3x-y-6 = 0
Example3. Write equation y= 4 – x in standard form.
Solution: For this equation , first we need to remove fractions. For that we multiply both sides with 2.
2y = 8-x
Then we move all terms to left.
2y-8+x = 0
Rewriting these terms to get standard form of equation we get,
X+2y-8=0
Example4. Write equation in standard form and then write the values of a,b and c.
Solution: To get rid of fractions here, we multiply both sides with 4 (lcm).
4y = 10-3x
Move all terms to left and we get,
4y+3x-10 = 0
Rewriting the terms to get standard form,
3x+4y-10 =0
Comparing it with standard form ax+by+c=0
We get a= 3, b=4, c=-10
Practice problems:
Write the following equations in standard form and then write the values of a,b and c.
- Y=4x-5
- Y= 6-3x
Answers:
- 4x-y-5 = 0 a=4,b=-1, c=-5
- 3x+y-6 = 0 a=3,b=1 ,c=-6
- 5x-2y-6 = 0 a=5 ,b=-2, c=-6
- 3x-2y-24=0 a=3,b=-2,c=-24