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  2. Line coordinates - Wikipedia

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    A linear equation in line coordinates has the form al + bm + c = 0, where a, b and c are constants. Suppose (l, m) is a line that satisfies this equation.If c is not 0 then lx + my + 1 = 0, where x = a/c and y = b/c, so every line satisfying the original equation passes through the point (x, y).

  3. Line (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    a coordinate line, a linear coordinate dimension; In the context of determining parallelism in Euclidean geometry, a transversal is a line that intersects two other lines that may or not be parallel to each other. For more general algebraic curves, lines could also be: i-secant lines, meeting the curve in i points counted without multiplicity, or

  4. Coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    If a coordinate curve is a straight line, it is called a coordinate line. A coordinate system for which some coordinate curves are not lines is called a curvilinear coordinate system. [13] Orthogonal coordinates are a special but extremely common case of curvilinear coordinates. A coordinate line with all other constant coordinates equal to ...

  5. Cartesian coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    A Cartesian coordinate system in two dimensions (also called a rectangular coordinate system or an orthogonal coordinate system [8]) is defined by an ordered pair of perpendicular lines (axes), a single unit of length for both axes, and an orientation for each axis. The point where the axes meet is taken as the origin for both, thus turning ...

  6. Analytic geometry - Wikipedia

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    Informally, it is a line through a pair of infinitely close points on the curve. More precisely, a straight line is said to be a tangent of a curve y = f(x) at a point x = c on the curve if the line passes through the point (c, f(c)) on the curve and has slope f ' (c) where f ' is the derivative of f.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Polar coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    Radial lines (those running through the pole) are represented by the equation =, where is the angle of elevation of the line; that is, = ⁡, where is the slope of the line in the Cartesian coordinate system. The non-radial line that crosses the radial line = perpendicularly at the point (,) has the equation = ⁡ ().

  9. 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.