Category:Equation of Straight Line in Plane through Two Points

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Let $P_1 := \tuple {x_1, y_1}$ and $P_2 := \tuple {x_2, y_2}$ be points in a cartesian plane.

Let $\LL$ be the straight line passing through $P_1$ and $P_2$.


Then $\LL$ can be described by the equation:

$\dfrac {y - y_1} {x - x_1} = \dfrac {y_2 - y_1} {x_2 - x_1}$

or:

$\dfrac {x - x_1} {x_2 - x_1} = \dfrac {y - y_1} {y_2 - y_1}$