Question

How do you write `5+3x` in standard form?

Answer 1

`x=-5/3`

`5+3x=0`

`3x=-5`

`x=-5/3`

This should be pretty self-explanatory ;)

Answer 2

In standard form `5+3x` is `3x+5`.

The convention is to gather the highest order terms together first followed by the next highest order, down to any constant term.

For example, `2+6x^2y^2-3x^3` would be written as:

`6x^2y^2-3x^3+2`

The order of the first term is `2+2 = 4`, the next `3` and the order of the constant term is `0`.