Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Different forms of the Straight line

The Gradient(Slope)-intercept form

y=mx+c

Where m = gradient = difference in y divided by the difference in x

equation of a straight line



The Intercept form

Intercept Form

Intercept Form Equation of a Line

http://www.vitutor.com/geometry/line/intercept_form.html

The General form

ax+bx+c=0
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Angle between points is given

If you are given an angle (Θ) and you must determine the gradient: The tangent of the angle is the gradient of the line: tanΘ = m


The equation is given

y=mx+c
m is the gradient.

Two points are given

m=y2y1x2x1



Parallel lines
If two lines are parallel, their gradients are the same.




Perpendicular lines
If two lines are perpendicular, their gradients are opposite and inverse of one another.

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