Analytic geometry: straight line calculator
Enter parameters of your line (scope and free parameter) and check out what we can say about it such as zero point, function graph etc.

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# Symbolic algebra

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# Calculations data - line scope and free coefficient#

 Line scope (a) Free parameter (b)

 Linear equation formula Show source$y=2\cdot x+3$ Function zero Show source$\frac{-3}{2}$ Intersection with the OX axis point Show source$\left(\frac{-3}{2}, 0 \right)$ Intersection with the OY axis point Show source$\left(0,3 \right)$

# Some facts#

• The linear function is a function that can be presented in the following form:
$y= a~ x+ b$
where:
• $y$ - function value (the function value at single point x, often marked as f(x)),
• $x$ - function argument (called also independent value),
• $a$, $b$ - linear function coefficients (slope and free parameter).
• The graph of the linear function is a straight line.
• Slope of a linear function defines the degree of slope of the line to the OX axis ("horizontal"). Depending on the slope value, we can distinguish three cases:
• when the slope is zero (a = 0) - the function is reduced to the constant function, its plot is a line parallel to the OX axis,
• when the slope is positive (a > 0) - the function is increasing, it's plot is a line going towards the upper right corner of the graph,
• when the slope is negative (a < 0) - the function is decreasing, its plot is a line going towards the lower right corner of the graph.
• A linear function can have one, infinitely many or no zeros (roots). This depends on the parameter values ​​a and b as follow:
• when the slope a is different from zero (a ≠ 0) - the function has exactly one root (zero point), the plot of the function crosses the OX axis one time in the point:
$x=\frac{- b}{ a}$
• when the slope a is zero, but the free parameter b is not (a = 0 and b ≠ 0) - function has no roots (zero points), it's plot does not cross the OX axis, the function is reduced to the form:
$y = b$
• if both the slope a and the free parameter b are zero (a = 0 and b = 0) - the function has infinite number of roots (zero points), it's plot coincides with the axis OX:
$y = 0$
• The linear function is a special case of the polynomial function with the order of 0 (when a = 0) or 1.

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