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How do you find the intersection between 2 lines?

User Angle Tom
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Get the two equations for the lines into slope-intercept form. ... Set the two equations for y equal to each other. Solve for x. ... Use this x-coordinate and plug it into either of the original equations for the lines and solve for y.
User Simone Avogadro
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Get the two equations for the lines into slope-intercept form. ...
Set the two equations for y equal to each other.
Solve for x. ...
Use this x-coordinate and plug it into either of the original equations for the lines and solve for y.

User Remek Ambroziak
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