Equation of a straight lineEdexcel International A Level Maths: Mind map
Gradient
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Two points
Straight lines
coordinate geometry
my = mx + cax + by + c = 0
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Exam questions on Equation of a straight line
- A line passes through the points and .Find the coordinates of the point where meets the -axis.2 marks
- The line has equation .Find the -coordinate of the point on where .2 marks
- A line passes through the points and .Find an equation of the line , giving your answer in the form , where , and are integers.3 marks
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).