The answer depends on "it" being the equation of a straight line and your starting point for "it".
The equation of a straight line can be written as y = mx + c where m is the slope or gradient of the line and c is the intercept.
Simple rearrangement of the terms gives:
mx - y c = 0
and that is in the required form with m = a, -1 = b and c = c.
The equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a != 0 is called quadratic.
Ax + By = C By = -Ax + C y = (-A/B)x + C/B
x = (c - b)/a in a deliberately complicated form!
It is: 3x2+6x-11 = 0
It is a straight line with gradient -A/B and intercept C/B.
The equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a != 0 is called quadratic.
Ax + By = C By = -Ax + C y = (-A/B)x + C/B
x = (c - b)/a in a deliberately complicated form!
It is: 3x2+6x-11 = 0
It is a straight line with gradient -A/B and intercept C/B.
Ax + B = Bx + C Ax - Bx = (C - B) x (A - B) = (C - B) x = (C - B) / (A - B)
ax + b = 15 or ax + b = -15
The graph of the first form passes through the origin while the second does not - unless c = 0.
2x - 13x + 42 = x +ax + b a + b = 2(x - 6.5x + 21) = 34 = a + b
a function
The equation contains variables which are only raised to the first power.
A linear equation.