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How do you write #x-5=0# in standard form?

Answer 1

Ethan Adkins

Adding to both sides 5, we have #x-5+5=0+5# that it is the same that #x=5#

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Answer 2

Eli Assouline

This line equation is already in standard form. See explanation.

To write the polynomial in standard form you have to order its terms by decreasing powers of the unknown.

Here the polynomial can be written as:

So it is already in standard form.

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Answer 3

Isaiah Anthony

To write the equation ( x - 5 = 0 ) in standard form, you add 5 to both sides of the equation to isolate the variable on one side and the constant on the other. This yields ( x = 5 ), which is the standard form of the equation.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.