I have two points ( 0 , 0 ) and ( 93 , 3 ) I'm trying to work

Jonathan Miles

Jonathan Miles

Answered question

2022-07-10

I have two points ( 0 , 0 ) and ( 93 , 3 )
I'm trying to work out whether a point is on or below the line segment defined by those two point.
Currently I'm using A x + B y + C = 0 to see if a point is on or below this line segment and this works correctly except for when the point is of the form ( 0 , y ) or ( x , 0 )
What am I doing wrong? Do I need to use a different form of the linear equation?

Answer & Explanation

Kroatujon3

Kroatujon3

Beginner2022-07-11Added 19 answers

For this particular example it would seem to be easier to write the equation for the line in slope-intercept form:
y = 1 31 x + 0
Then given any ( x , y ), you can test directly whether the point lies above or below the point on the line that has the same x coordinate.
delirija7z

delirija7z

Beginner2022-07-12Added 5 answers

Suppose your given points are ( x 1 , y 1 ) and ( x 2 , y 2 ). First get the slope m = y 1 y 2 x 1 x 2 . The equation of the line joining the points is y y 1 = m ( x x 1 ), where you just substitute x 1 , y 1 , and m. In slope intercept form the equation is
y = m x + ( y 1 m x 1 ) .
Given a point ( p , q ), first check that x 1 p x 2 . Then: q > m p + ( y 1 m x 1 ) means the point is above the segment, and q < m p + ( y 1 m x 1 ) means the point is below the segment.
If you already have the equation of the line joining the points as A x + B y + C = 0, then the equation of the line can be expressed as y = B A x C A , so just check to see whether q > B A p C A or not.

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