How do you write in standard form an equation of the line passing through the given point (-3,3) with the given slope 1?

2 Answers
Apr 1, 2015

Answer: x - y + 6 = 0

Why?

Use the general standard form:
ax + by + c = 0

Step1:
in gradient and one point form (also known as point-slope form) you have,
y - 3 = 1*(x + 3)

Step2:
arranging this you get,
x - y + 6 = 0

Apr 1, 2015

-x+y=0

Since y=mx+n can represent any line, we can use it.

m is the slope of our line. The given slope is 1 so m=1.

So our formula is formed as y=1*x+n

We can now plug the point to this formula to find the value of n

3=1*(-3)+n
n=6

So y=x+6 represents the line. But we should reform this equality in order to be in the standart form:

-x+y=6 is the standart form (ax+by=c)