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Class XI

The Two Point Formula

Interactive practice questions

A line passes through the points $\left(4,-6\right)$(4,6) and $\left(6,-9\right)$(6,9).

a

Find the gradient of the line.

b

Find the equation of the line by substituting the gradient and one point into $y-y_1=m\left(x-x_1\right)$yy1=m(xx1).

Easy
4min

A line passes through the points $\left(-5,1\right)$(5,1) and $\left(2,-34\right)$(2,34).

Easy
3min

Find the equation of the line which passes through Point A $\left(8,1\right)$(8,1) and Point B $\left(-6,-2\right)$(6,2).

Use the two point formula and give your answer in gradient-intercept form.

Easy
4min

Use the two point formula to derive the equation of the line that passes through the points $A$A$\left(6,5\right)$(6,5) and $B$B$\left(-16,11\right)$(16,11). Give your answer in general form.

Easy
5min
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11.CG.SL.1

Brief recall of 2D from earlier classes. Slope of a line and angle between two lines. Various forms of equations of a line: parallel to axes, point-slope form, slope-intercept form, two-point form, intercepts form and normal form. General equation of a line. Distance of a point from a line.

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