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Line

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A line in the euclidean sense is defined as the shortest distance between two points. It is defined to be in 1 direction only, i.e. infinitely thin but also infinitely long. In the Cartesian coordinate system, it is usually described as an equation in x and y of the form y=mx+b, where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept. Any two points define a line, and given specific (x_1,y_1) (x_2,y_2) one can solve for the line's equation.


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