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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. Quadratic function - Wikipedia

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    () = + is called the vertex form, where h and k are the x and y coordinates of the vertex, respectively. The coefficient a is the same value in all three forms. To convert the standard form to factored form , one needs only the quadratic formula to determine the two roots r 1 and r 2 .

  4. Vertex (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    A polygon vertex x i of a simple polygon P is a principal polygon vertex if the diagonal [x (i − 1), x (i + 1)] intersects the boundary of P only at x (i − 1) and x (i + 1). There are two types of principal vertices: ears and mouths. [9]

  5. Line (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Lines in a Cartesian plane or, more generally, in affine coordinates, are characterized by linear equations. More precisely, every line (including vertical lines) is the set of all points whose coordinates (x, y) satisfy a linear equation; that is, = {(,) + =}, where a, b and c are fixed real numbers (called coefficients) such that a and b are ...

  6. Distance from a point to a line - Wikipedia

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    Drop a perpendicular from the point P with coordinates (x 0, y 0) to the line with equation Ax + By + C = 0. Label the foot of the perpendicular R. Draw the vertical line through P and label its intersection with the given line S.

  7. Intersection (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    one solves the line equation for x or y and substitutes it into the equation of the circle and gets for the solution (using the formula of a quadratic equation) (,), (,) with x 1 / 2 = a c ± b r 2 ( a 2 + b 2 ) − c 2 a 2 + b 2 , {\displaystyle x_{1/2}={\frac {ac\pm b{\sqrt {r^{2}(a^{2}+b^{2})-c^{2}}}}{a^{2}+b^{2}}}\ ,}

  8. Locus (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Determine the locus of the third vertex C such that the medians from A and C are orthogonal. Choose an orthonormal coordinate system such that A(−c/2, 0), B(c/2, 0). C(x, y) is the variable third vertex. The center of [BC] is M((2x + c)/4, y/2). The median from C has a slope y/x. The median AM has slope 2y/(2x + 3c). The locus is a circle

  9. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    That is, h is the x-coordinate of the axis of symmetry (i.e. the axis of symmetry has equation x = h), and k is the minimum value (or maximum value, if a < 0) of the quadratic function. One way to see this is to note that the graph of the function f(x) = x 2 is a parabola whose vertex is at the origin