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Subtract the equation of one line from the equation of the other

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What is the equation for the line with coordinates 2 and 2?

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How do you find the slope intercept and standard forms of a line when the slope is undefined and you are given the coordinates 2 and 4?

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How do I write the equation of the line that passes through the given point and is perpendicular to the given line Write the answer in slope-intercept form?

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How do you find the point two lines intercept at given the slopes and Y-intercepts of both lines?

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How are number lines and time lines similar mathematically?

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Do you look at the lines of latitude or the lines of longitude first when you are finding the coordinates?

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Which lines are straight or a triangle has four sides?

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The differential equation of the family of straight lines y equals mx is?

The differential equation of the family of straight lines y = mx is given by dy/dx = m. This equation represents that the slope of the line at any point is equal to the constant m. Different values of m will yield different lines within the family.


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What it means to be a solution to a linear system algebraically?

A linear system just means it's a line. A solution is just a point that is on that line. It means that the two coordinates of the point solve the equation that makes the line. Alternatively, it could mean there are 2 (or more) lines and the point is where they intersect; meaning its coordinates solve both (or all) equations that make the lines.