Standard Form Examples Page 1

Graph the linear equation 3x + 4y = 5.

To find the x intercept, let y = 0. Then

3x + 4(0) = 5

and  is the x-intercept.

To find the y-intercept, let x = 0. Then

3(0) + 4y = 5

and . This is enough information to graph the line: