The straight line through two points will have an equation in the form \(y = mx + c\). Then, we can find the value of \(c\), the \(y\)-intercept, by substituting the coordinates of one point into ...

Figure 2: Animated graph showing possible places a line of best fit could be drawn. Credit: Technology Networks. Through the magic of least sums regression, and with a few simple equations, we can ...

As the tangent is a straight line, the equation of the tangent will be of the form \(y = mx + c\). We can use perpendicular gradients to find the value of \(m\), then use the coordinates of P to ...