Stage 30 · Analytic Geometry

30.2.4 Two-Point and Intercept Forms

30.2 Lines: Direction, Slope, and Equations

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30.2.4 Two-Point and Intercept Forms

Core idea

Pin down two points and the line is fixed; measure the footprints a and b it leaves on the two axes and write x/a+y/b=1.

Module goal. Start from how steep a line is, master slope and the various forms of a line's equation, and learn to write down any line in the coordinate plane.
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