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  2. Line–line intersection - Wikipedia

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    The x and y coordinates of the point of intersection of two non-vertical lines can easily be found using the following substitutions and rearrangements. Suppose that two lines have the equations y = ax + c and y = bx + d where a and b are the slopes (gradients) of the lines and where c and d are the y-intercepts of the lines.

  3. Distance from a point to a line - Wikipedia

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    The line with equation ax + by + c = 0 has slope -a/b, so any line perpendicular to it will have slope b/a (the negative reciprocal). Let (m, n) be the point of intersection of the line ax + by + c = 0 and the line perpendicular to it which passes through the point (x 0, y 0). The line through these two points is perpendicular to the original ...

  4. Intersection (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, an intersection is a point, line, or curve common to two or more objects (such as lines, curves, planes, and surfaces). The simplest case in Euclidean geometry is the lineline intersection between two distinct lines , which either is one point (sometimes called a vertex ) or does not exist (if the lines are parallel ).

  5. Five points determine a conic - Wikipedia

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    This can be shown by taking the points X and Y to the standard points [::] and [::] by a projective transformation, in which case the pencils of lines correspond to the horizontal and vertical lines in the plane, and the intersections of corresponding lines to the graph of a function, which (must be shown) is a hyperbola, hence a conic, hence ...

  6. Tangent lines to circles - Wikipedia

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    But only a tangent line is perpendicular to the radial line. Hence, the two lines from P and passing through T 1 and T 2 are tangent to the circle C. Another method to construct the tangent lines to a point P external to the circle using only a straightedge: Draw any three different lines through the given point P that intersect the circle twice.

  7. Line-cylinder intersection - Wikipedia

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    Green line has two intersections. Yellow line lies tangent to the cylinder, so has infinitely many points of intersection. Line-cylinder intersection is the calculation of any points of intersection, given an analytic geometry description of a line and a cylinder in 3d space. An arbitrary line and cylinder may have no intersection at all.

  8. Trisectrix of Maclaurin - Wikipedia

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    Let two lines rotate about the points = (,) and = (,) so that when the line rotating about has angle with the x axis, the rotating about has angle . Let Q {\displaystyle Q} be the point of intersection, then the angle formed by the lines at Q {\displaystyle Q} is 2 θ {\displaystyle 2\theta } .

  9. Intersection curve - Wikipedia

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    The intersection of two planes. The analytic determination of the intersection curve of two surfaces is easy only in simple cases; for example: a) the intersection of two planes, b) plane section of a quadric (sphere, cylinder, cone, etc.), c) intersection of two quadrics in special cases. For the general case, literature provides algorithms ...