Q. What is y−4=−2(x+7) written in standard form?Choose 1 answer:(A) x−2y=−10(B) 2x+y=−10(C) −2x+y=−10(D) x+2y=−10
Distribute −2 across parentheses: First, we need to distribute the −2 across the parentheses to eliminate them.y−4=−2(x+7)y−4=−2x−14
Get variable terms on one side: Next, we want to get all the variable terms on one side and the constant terms on the other side to write the equation in standard form, which is Ax+By=C.To do this, we will add 2x to both sides of the equation.2x+y−4=−14
Isolate constant term: Now, we will add 4 to both sides of the equation to isolate the constant term on one side.2x+y=−10
Write equation in standard form: We have now written the equation in standard form, which is 2x+y=−10.This corresponds to choice (B).
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