Yes - depends on how the teacher wants the answer, though. You can always multiply both sides by -1 to make A a positive number if that looks better to you.
In standard form (Ax + By = C) can Ax be a negative?
yes why not the line has an other direction
Reply:Any of those variables can be negative including Ax.
Reply:Normally, the A constant should be positive. But if it comes out negative you can just factor out a -1 and make it positive. It doesn't change the meaning of the expression. Ask your teacher though, he/she may take it as a negative as well.
Reply:yes it can be Ax+By=C can be -Ax+By=c or Ax-By= c
Reply:yes it can. But for C to be positve, By must be greater than Ax
Reply:yes
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