Analytic geometry for colleges, universities, and technical schools (1892)
Nichols, E. W. (Edward West), 1858- · Boston [Mass.] : Leach, Shewell & Sanborn · leaf 44
|- 4. Note. — a and h in the answers above denote the X-interceptand the Y-intercept, respectively. THE STRAIGHT LINE. 29 What angle does each of the following lines cross ?10. y = 3 a; + 1. \2. y = 2x — l. 11. y = —X -^2. 13. 2/ = - 3 cc - 2. 14. Construct the figure the equation of whose sides… … Fig. 12. Let S C be the line. Then OB =b = Y-intercept, andOA = a = X-intercept. The slope equation of a line we have determined to beArt. 19, equation (1), y ^= sx -\- b. 30 PLANE ANALYTIC GEOMETRY. From the right angled triangle AOB, we have, ORtan GAB = — tan BAX = — s = -—. OA ^ _^ a…
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