MATH015 - Algebra - Linear Equations

This is one of a series of short courses concerning topics in algebra. This particular course is about lines and the equations that represent them.

The course outline is as follows:

• Introduction
• What is a line?
• Characteristics of a Line
  • The Graph of a Line
  • The Slope of a Line
  • The y-intercept
  • The x-intercept
  • The Length of a Line Segment Between Two Points
• The Equation of a Line
  • The Equation of a Line
  • The Equation of a Line Through Two Points
  • Special Case: Equation of Vertical Line
• Applications
  • Temperature Measurement
  • Force Measurement
  • Computer Graphics
  • Characterization of nonlinearity
• Relationships Between Two Lines
• Summary

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