Summary: Equations of Lines

Key Concepts

Given two points, we can find the slope of a line using the slope formula.
We can identify the slope and y-intercept of an equation in slope-intercept form.
We can find the equation of a line given the slope and a point.
We can also find the equation of a line given two points. Find the slope and use point-slope form.
The standard form of a line has no fractions.
Horizontal lines have a slope of zero and are defined as $y=c$ , where c is a constant.
Vertical lines have an undefined slope (zero in the denominator) and are defined as $x=c$ , where c is a constant.
Parallel lines have the same slope and different y-intercepts.
Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of each other unless one is horizontal and the other is vertical.