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seiya_001

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Registered: 2005-08-23

Posts: 19

basic geometry...

umm..can anybody tell me some line (or is it curve..) equations? you know stuff like y=2x is linear equation.. i know it's lame but i really need it.. thanks

Last edited by seiya_001 (2005-10-24 13:18:27)

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Flowers4Carlos

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Registered: 2005-08-25

Posts: 106

Re: basic geometry...

is this what your looking for??
http://www.mathsisfun.com/equation_of_line.html

seiya_001

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Registered: 2005-08-23

Posts: 19

Re: basic geometry...

well it's one of them (for straight line only..) what about parabolic, hiperbolic, exponential, and so on..? but thanks anyway..

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Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

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Re: basic geometry...

This page would be of help.
A linear equation has to necessarily be of degree 1. (degree of a polynomia or an equation is the highest power of any varibale)

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seiya_001

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Registered: 2005-08-23

Posts: 19

Re: basic geometry...

thank you..thank you..thank you..thank you..thank you..thank you..thank you.. !! (btw i've corrected  the foolish mistake in my example...*grin*)

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