point-slope form
point-slope form
[′pȯint ‚slōp ‚fȯrm] (mathematics)
The equation of a straight line in the form y-y1= m (x-x1), where m is the slope of the line and (x1, y1) are the coordinates of a given point on the line in a cartesian coordinate system.
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