Thursday, July 9, 2009

How do I find the equation of a line in the form ax+by+c=o?

the vertical line passing through (-1, 7/2) I need to find the equation in the form ax+by+c=0

How do I find the equation of a line in the form ax+by+c=o?
Vertical Line has the form of x = x-intercept.





So, for your coordinate, x = -1





To write this in the form of





ax + by + c = 0,





we have a = 1, b = 0, c = 1,





this gives exactly,








x + 1 = 0
Reply:1(x)+0(y)+1=0
Reply:if its a vertical line and you are using (x,y) coordinates. The equation is x = -1 if its a vertical line.





so in your form the equation should be x + 1 = 0 where a = 1, b = 0, and c = 1
Reply:Vertical line passes through all y-numbers, keeping one single x value.





So





x=-1





implicite that all y-values are in
Reply:For a vertical line, the y is all numbers (the line goes off to +and- infinity) The x is the only x the line passes through.





the equation is x=-1


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