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So far we have seen that a straight line can be described as a line with a constant gradient and we know how to find the gradient of any particular line from a graph of the line. In this section we shall look more closely at the co-ordinates of points on a straight line to see if there is a way of finding each y from each x co-ordinate. If we can establish such a connection then we shall have what is known as the equation of the line.
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© 1981 J. Newbury
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Newbury, J. (1981). Equation of a Straight Line. In: Basic Numeracy Skills and Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05558-6_9
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