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Double: Cheat Sheet - Straight Line

1) The document provides equations and formulas for representing straight lines in various forms such as slope-intercept, intercept, point-slope, two-point, normal, and parametric forms. 2) It also summarizes methods for finding the point of intersection of lines, distance between lines, position of points relative to a line, angle bisectors of lines, and the angle between lines. 3) Various properties of lines are described such as conditions for concurrency of lines, representations of the same line, parallel and perpendicular lines, and families of lines.

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Double: Cheat Sheet - Straight Line

1) The document provides equations and formulas for representing straight lines in various forms such as slope-intercept, intercept, point-slope, two-point, normal, and parametric forms. 2) It also summarizes methods for finding the point of intersection of lines, distance between lines, position of points relative to a line, angle bisectors of lines, and the angle between lines. 3) Various properties of lines are described such as conditions for concurrency of lines, representations of the same line, parallel and perpendicular lines, and families of lines.

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DOUBLEROOT Cheat Sheet – Straight Line

Equations of a Line Point of intersection of non-parallel lines


Parallel to X-axis a1x+b1y+c1=0 & a2x+b2y+c2=0
At a distance a from the X-axis b1 c2 − b2 c1 c1 a2 − c2 a1
( , )
y=a a1 b2 − a2 b1 a1 b2 − a2 b1

Parallel to Y-axis Condition for the lines a1x+b1y+c1=0,a2x+b2y+c2=0


At a distance b from the Y-axis & a3x+b3y+c3=0 to be concurrent
x=b a1 b1 c1
|a2 b2 c2 | = 0
Slope-Intercept Form
a3 b3 c3
Slope: m and y-intercept: c
y = mx + c Distance of a point (x1, y1) from a line ax+by+c=0
Intercept Form |ax1 + by1 + c|
d=
x-intercept: a and y-intercept: b √a2 + b 2
x y
+ =1
a b Distance between parallel lines ax+by+c1=0 &
Point-Slope Form ax+by+c2=0
Slope: m and through a point (x1, y1) |c1 – c2 |
y – y1 = m(x– x1 ) d=
√a2 + b 2
Two-Point Form
Passing through the points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) Position of points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) w.r.t a line
y2 – y1 ax+by+c=0
y– y1 = ( ) (x– x1 )
x2 – x1 Same side: (ax1+by1+c) (ax2+by2+c) > 0
Normal Form Opposite side: (ax1+by1+c) (ax2+by2+c) < 0
At a distance p from origin and perpendicular from origin
inclined at angle α with the X-axis Angle bisectors of a1x+b1y+c1=0 & a2x+b2y+c2=0
xcosα + ysinα = p a1 x + b1 y + c1 a2 x + b2 y + c2

Parametric Form √a21 + b12 √a22 + b22
Slope: tanθ and passing through the point (x1, y1)
x − x1 y − y1 Family of lines
= =r Equation of a line passing through the point of intersection of
cosθ sinθ
(x, y) is a point on the line at a distance r from (x1, y1) L1=0 and L2=0
General Form L1 + λL2 = 0 (λ ϵ R)
ax + by + c = 0
Slope: -a/b
Pair of Straight Lines passing through Origin
Equation
Equations representing the same line ax 2 + 2hxy + by 2 = 0
a1x+b1y+c1=0 and a2x+b2y+c2=0 represent the same line if
a1 b1 c1 Angle between the Lines
= =
a2 b2 c2 2√h2 − ab
tan θ = | |
a+b
Angle between lines with slopes m1 and m2
m1 – m2 Coincident lines: h2 = ab, Perpendicular lines: a+b=0
tanθ = | |
1 + m1 m2
For parallel lines: m1 = m2 Equation of angle bisectors
For perpendicular lines: m1m2=-1 x 2 − y 2 xy
=
a−b h

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