What does the ABC stand for in standard form Ax+By=C?
February 20th, 2023
##Ax+By+C## is a generalized form (in fact the standard generalized form) for a linear equation
where ##A, B, and C## are placeholders for constants (the ##x## and ##y## are variables).
The generalized form, ##Ax+By+C##, includes equations such as
##color(white)(“XXXXX”)####7x+3y=98##
##color(white)(“XXXXX”)####(1)x+(-5)y=14##
##color(white)(“XXXXX”)####9261x+83y=-7491##
##color(white)(“XXXXX”)####color(white)(“XXXXX”)##any infinitely many others
By normal usage ##A## should be an integer value which is not negative.