How do you write the equations -2x - 2y - 8 = 0 in standard form?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-19T02:28:49

#y = -x - 4#

Isolate #y#, simplifying whenever possible

#-2x - 2y - 8 = 0# (Isolate #y#)

#-2x - 8 = 2y# (Divide by #2#)

#-4 -x = y#

Turn it around

#y = -x - 4#

And there you have it.