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Linear Equations

This document discusses linear equations including slope-intercept form, standard form, point-slope form, finding slopes and intercepts of lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, and graphing linear equations in slope-intercept, standard, and point-slope forms using examples.

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Linear Equations

This document discusses linear equations including slope-intercept form, standard form, point-slope form, finding slopes and intercepts of lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, and graphing linear equations in slope-intercept, standard, and point-slope forms using examples.

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Linear equations

Survey of calculus
1. Slope-intercept form of linear equations
• y = mx + b
2. Standard form of linear equations
• ax + by = c
3. Point-slope form of linear equations
• y - y1 = m (x - x1)
Slope
•m=
Horizontal vs vertical lines
• m = 0 (change in y always 0)
• m = undefined (change in x always 0)
Example 1
• Find the slope of the line through the following pair of points:
• Point 1 (7, 6)
• Point 2 (-4, 5)
Example 2
• Find the slope of the line through the following pair of points:
• Point 1 (5, -3)
• Point 2 (-2, -3)
Example 3
• Find the slope of the line through the following pair of points:
• Point 1 (2, -4)
• Point 2 (2, 3)
Intercepts
• x-intercept: any point at which y = 0
• p (3, 0)

• p (-5, 0)
• y-intercept: any point at which x = 0
• p (0, 4)
Example
• Identify the x- and y-intercepts among the following points:
• p (2, 5)

• p (-3, 0)

• p (1, 2)

• p (0, 6)
Parallel vs. perpendicular lines
• Parallel: travel in the same direction and have an equal slope (rise and
run the same)
• Perpendicular: intercept at a 900 angle, slope is negative reciprocal of
the original line
m1 =
Example 1
• If line 1 and line 2 are parallel, and the slope of the first line is -3,
what is the slope of the second line?
Example 2
• If line 1 and line 2 are perpendicular, and the slope of the first line is
-4/7, what is the slope of the second line?
Graphing linear equations in slope-intercept
forms
y = 2x – 4
y = mx + b
1. Identify y-intercept
2. Identify slope
Example
• y = -3/4x + 5
Graphing linear equations in standard form
3x – 2y = 6
ax + by = c
1. Find x-intercept by replacing y with 0
2. Find y-intercept by replacing x with 0
Example
• 4x + 3y = 12
Graphing linear equations in point-slope form
y – 3 = 2 (x – 2)
y - y1 = m (x - x1)
Example
• y + 4 = -2/3 (x + 1)

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