#Parametric equations and slope of a line
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The vector equation of a line passing through points r = r1 and r = r2 is:
r = r1 + (r2 - r1)t
The parametric equation is just the vector equation written for each coordinate separately as a system.
Oh so I should use this formula first to get the eq?
Yes. What did you get?
Wait I try first
For slope we can use the formula directly
True, but it's also good to be able to extract it from the parametric equation.
Is it correct?