document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74551>Question 74551</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Why do the points in a linear equation line up in a straight line and not in a curve? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A LINEAR EQN. IS THE EQN.REPRESENTS A STRAIGHT LINE IN CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WHERE AS A NON LINEAR EQN. DOES NOT REPRESENT A LINE , BUT GIVES RAISE TO A CURVE.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LINEAR EQN IN X AND Y IS <BR>\n" );
document.write( "AX+BY+C=0.........WHERE A,B,C ARE CONSTANTS..WE FIND THAT <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1) = -B/A = CONSTANT..WHERE X1,Y1 AND X2,Y2 ARE COORDINATES OF ANY 2 POINTS SATISFYING THE ABOVE EQN.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO ALL THE POINTS ON THIS GRAPH WILL LEAD IN THE SAME DIRECTION ..THAT IS A ST.LINE<BR>\n" );
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