Determine if Linear -x-y=2

$- x - y = 2$

Step 1

Solve the equation for $y$ .

Add $x$ to both sides of the equation.

$- y = 2 + x$

Divide each term in $- y = 2 + x$ by $- 1$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- y = 2 + x$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{- y}{- 1} = \frac{2}{- 1} + \frac{x}{- 1}$

Simplify the left side.

Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.

$\frac{y}{1} = \frac{2}{- 1} + \frac{x}{- 1}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{2}{- 1} + \frac{x}{- 1}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Divide $2$ by $- 1$ .

$y = - 2 + \frac{x}{- 1}$

Move the negative one from the denominator of $\frac{x}{- 1}$ .

$y = - 2 - 1 \cdot x$

Rewrite $- 1 \cdot x$ as $- x$ .

$y = - 2 - x$

Step 2

A linear equation is an equation of a straight line, which means that the degree of a linear equation must be $0$ or $1$ for each of its variables. In this case, the degree of variable $y$ is $1$ and the degree of variable $x$ is $1$ .

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Determine if Linear -x-y=2

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