Solution via Context Panel
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Tools≻Load Package: Student Precalculus
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Loading Student:-Precalculus
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Slope
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Context Panel: Student Precalculus≻Lines And Segments≻Slope
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Midpoint
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Context Panel: Student Precalculus≻Lines And Segments≻Midpoint
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Length of line segment (distance between endpoints)
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Context Panel: Student Precalculus≻Lines And Segments≻Distance
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Equation of line
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Context Panel: Student Precalculus≻Lines And Segments≻Line≻Equation
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There are Task templates for each of these tasks, obtained with the following paths:
In addition there are Task templates for the point-slope and slope-intercept forms of the straight line:
For example, with the template for the distance between two points, we obtain
Distance between Two Real Points
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Enter points as lists or vectors:
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Point 1:
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Point 2:
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Similarly, with the template for the equation of a line through two points, we obtain
Compute the Equation of the Line Passing through 2 Points
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Enter the first point:
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Enter the second point:
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Compute the equation of the line passing through the two points:
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The functionality of the Line command is captured in the
tutor in the Precalculus grouping of tutors. Figure A-6.1(a) provides a screenshot of the Line tutor initialized for this example.
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Figure A-6.1(a) Line tutor initialized for this example
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