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geometry

  

Equation

  

equation of the geometric object

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

Equation(obj)

Equation(obj, [x, y])

Parameters

obj

-

the given geometric object

[x, y]

-

(optional) the names of the horizontal and vertical axis

Description

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The routine returns an algebraic representation of the given geometric object.

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Users will be asked to provide the names of the axis if they are not assigned to two names and if the second optional argument is not given.

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The command with(geometry,Equation) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.

Examples

withgeometry:

pointA,0,0,pointB,1,1:

linel,A,B

l

(1)

Equationl,x,y

x+y=0

(2)

See Also

geometry/objects