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Straight line equation

Can someone check if I have done this correctly
Answer must be given in the form ax + by + c = 015741969157537250224537406477457.jpg

I got x=3 but answer is x-3= 0 .... is it because they rearranged it to give it in the form ax+ by + c = 0 ???
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You really don't need to use such a complicated method for this question. If you have two points both with an x-coordinate of 3 then obviously the equation of the line is x = 3 or, in the format requested, x - 3 = 0.
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Original post by MarkFromWales
You really don't need to use such a complicated method for this question. If you have two points both with an x-coordinate of 3 then obviously the equation of the line is x = 3 or, in the format requested, x - 3 = 0.

That is certainly true .... perhaps I am a little bit extra.
If we have a vertical line that passes through the point (0, 2/3) how can we find the equation cor this line in the form ax + by + c = 0 or in the form y = mx + c (which I guess we can rearrange to write it in a different format)

I haven't been given anything apart from these two coordinates so confused on how to do this? Also wouldn't it be a horizontal line as we have a y coordinate and not an x ?
Original post by Helloaaa
If we have a vertical line that passes through the point (0, 2/3) how can we find the equation cor this line in the form ax + by + c = 0 or in the form y = mx + c (which I guess we can rearrange to write it in a different format)

I haven't been given anything apart from these two coordinates so confused on how to do this? Also wouldn't it be a horizontal line as we have a y coordinate and not an x ?

(0, 2/3) is on the y-axis. I think that's what you mean by a vertical line. So the equation is x = 0. All points on the y-axis have an x-coordinate of 0. You can't write it in the form y = mx + c, that's only for slanting lines or lines parallel to the x-axis. It's already in the form ax + by + c = 0 ... that's with a = 1, b = 0, c = 0.
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Original post by MarkFromWales
(0, 2/3) is on the y-axis. I think that's what you mean by a vertical line. So the equation is x = 0. All points on the y-axis have an x-coordinate of 0. You can't write it in the form y = mx + c, that's only for slanting lines or lines parallel to the x-axis. It's already in the form ax + by + c = 0 ... that's with a = 1, b = 0, c = 0.


The answer is x =0 ... why is the equation in terms of x and not y? And why is a=1?

Thank you for your time
Some teachers say that you can write the equation of any straight line in the form y = mx + c, but it's not true. It doesn't work for lines that are parallel to the y-axis. The equation of such a line is x = constant, for example, x = 0 or x = -5.

The equation of any straight line can be written in the form ax + by + c = 0 and I guess that's why some writers prefer it to y=mx+c.
If you replace a with 1 and b and c with 0 you get 1x + 0 + 0 = 0 which is simply x = 0, the equation of the y-axis.
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Original post by MarkFromWales
Some teachers say that you can write the equation of any straight line in the form y = mx + c, but it's not true. It doesn't work for lines that are parallel to the y-axis. The equation of such a line is x = constant, for example, x = 0 or x = -5.

The equation of any straight line can be written in the form ax + by + c = 0 and I guess that's why some writers prefer it to y=mx+c.
If you replace a with 1 and b and c with 0 you get 1x + 0 + 0 = 0 which is simply x = 0, the equation of the y-axis.

Thank you so much!

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Do you know how to rearrange to radius equation to find c?
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Original post by Helloaaa
Thank you so much!

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Do you know how to rearrange to radius equation to find c?

Do you want to form the equation of a circle from this quadratic? If so, complete the square for x and y.

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