How to plot 2 lines and find the coordinates of their intersection? (2024)

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Swati Umamaheshwaran on 17 Sep 2017

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I need to plot the lines x+y=3 and x-y= -1 and find their point of intersection. I know that to plot the lines I could use 'fplot'. How can I find the coordinates of their intersection and plot it? Please help.

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Star Strider on 17 Sep 2017

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Another approach:

xymtx = [1 1; 1 -1];

cv = [3; -1];

xy = xymtx\cv; % Calculate Intercept

xint = xy(2); % X-Value Of Intercept

yint = xy(1); % Y-Value Of Intercept

xyind = [xint - 1, xint + 1]'; % X-Values For Plot

xydep = [cv -xyind.*xymtx(:,2)]; % Y-Values For Plot

figure(1)

plot(xyind, xydep(1,:), xyind, xydep(2,:), '-r')

hold on

plot(xint, yint, 'pg', 'MarkerFaceColor','g', 'MarkerSize',10)

hold off

This is straightforward and relatively simple linear algebra. The ‘xydep’ variable calculates the y-values corresponding to the arbitrary values in ‘xydep’, and is the result of solving ‘[X + Y] = C’ for ‘Y’.

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Tutku Oztel on 9 Jan 2019

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Hello,

I'm sharing the function that I wrote to find the intersection points of two lines with their given slope and constant values:

function [x0 y0] = intersectPoints(m1,m2,b1,b2)

% Insersection point of two lines with known slope and constant

% parameters.

% [x0 y0] = intersectPoints(m1,m2,b1,b1)

% where m's are slope, and b's are constants.

% written by Tutku Öztel in 06.01.2019

x0 = (b2-b1)/(m1-m2); %find the x point

y0 = m1*x0+b1;

end

Late though, but still.. Hope it will be helpful! :)

Tutku

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José Luis Sandoval on 7 Jun 2020

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Usefuil, thanks.

Wai Keong Bryce Wong on 12 Oct 2020

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This is super useful. Thanks for your help!

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Simon Kölbl on 17 Sep 2017

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I would do it like this:

% define x Axis and evaluate functions

x_points = -5:0.1:5;

function1 = -x+1;

function2 = x+1;

index_intersection = find(function1 == function2);

x_value_intersection = x_points(index_intersection);

y_value_intersection = function1(index_intersection);

% plot functions and intersection point:

curve1 = plot(x_points, function1);

hold on

curve2 = plot(x_points, function2);

intersection = plot(x_value_intersection, y_value_intersection,...

'Marker', '+', 'MarkerSize', 6, 'Color', 'r');

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Cyril Okhio on 13 Nov 2018

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Sorry it did not work. There are errors in Line 9.

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@Cyril Okhio, I think @Simon Kölbl meant this:

clc;% Clear command window.

fprintf('Running %s.m ...\n', mfilename);

clear;% Delete all variables.

close all;% Close all figure windows except those created by imtool.

workspace;% Make sure the workspace panel is showing.

% Define x Axis and evaluate functions

x_points = -5:0.1:5;

function1 = -x_points+1;

function2 = x_points+1;

index_intersection = find(function1 == function2);

x_value_intersection = x_points(index_intersection)

y_value_intersection = function1(index_intersection)

% Plot functions and intersection point:

curve1 = plot(x_points, function1);

hold on

curve2 = plot(x_points, function2);

intersection = plot(x_value_intersection, y_value_intersection,...

'Marker', '+', 'MarkerSize', 20, 'Color', 'r', 'LineWidth', 2);

grid on

caption = sprintf('At intersection, x = %f, y = %f', x_value_intersection, y_value_intersection);

fontSize = 15;

title(caption, 'FontSize', 15);

xlabel('x', 'FontSize', 15);

ylabel('y', 'FontSize', 15);

fprintf('Done running %s.m\n', mfilename);

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Matt J on 5 Jun 2021

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Using this File Exchange submission,

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/93470-intersections-of-multiple-2d-lines-or-line-segments

xy=linexlines2D( [1,1,-3].' , [1,-1,1] ); %the intersection point

hold on

fimplicit(@(x,y) x+y-3);

fimplicit(@(x,y) x-y+1);

plot(xy(1),xy(2),'or','MarkerFaceColor','r')

hold off

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Here is the link to find the intersection point of two line segments/lines. A fast two line intersection point finder based on the line parametric space. Finds the intersection point between two lines if it exists or else submits NaN. if you need to find the intersection of the multiple line segments, MATLAB's Mapping Toolbox has function polyxpoly - that finds the intersection points for lines or polygon edges.

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How to plot 2 lines and find the coordinates of their intersection? (2024)

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How do you find the coordinates of two graphs intersecting? ›

So we can find the point or points of intersection by solving the equation f(x) = g(x). The solution of this equation will give us the x value(s) of the point(s) of intersection. We can then find the y value by putting the value for x that we have found into one of the original equations.

What is the formula for coordinates of point of intersection of two lines? ›

The point of intersection formula is used to find the point of intersection of the two lines, that is the meeting point of two lines. These two lines can be represented by the equation a1x+b1y+c1=0 and a2x+b2y+c2=0, respectively. It is possible to find point of intersection of three or more lines.

How can we find the point of intersection of two or more lines? ›

Point of intersection means the point at which two lines intersect. These two lines are represented by the equation a1x + b1y + c1= 0 and a2x + b2y + c2 = 0, respectively. Given figure illustrate the point of intersection of two lines.

How to find the intersection of two sets? ›

For any two sets A and B, the intersection, A ∩ B (read as A intersection B) lists all the elements that are present in both sets (common elements of A and B). For example, if Set A = {1,2,3,4,5} and Set B = {3,4,6,8}, A ∩ B = {3,4}. Let us earn more about the properties of the intersection of sets along with examples.

How to find point of intersection of two lines vectors? ›

By setting the values of x, y and z for these equations equal to one another, a value for both of the parameters can be found. These values can then be substituted back into the relevant vector equation to discover the point of intersection.

How do you show that two lines are intersecting? ›

Two straight lines will intersect at a point if they are not parallel. The point of intersection is the meeting point of two straight lines. If two crossing straight lines have the same equations, the intersection point can be found by solving both equations at the same time.

How to find the intersection of two events? ›

P(A∩B) is the probability of both independent events “A” and "B" happening together, P(A∩B) formula can be written as P(A∩B) = P(A) × P(B), where, P(A∩B) = Probability of both independent events “A” and "B" happening together. P(A) = Probability of an event “A”

How many points of intersection are there of two lines? ›

The point of intersection of two distinct, nonparallel lines is the single point where they meet or cross. It is the ordered pair of the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 where the lines meet on the graph and that satisfies the equations of both lines.

How do you find the point on the intersection line of two planes? ›

To find a point on the line, you set one of the coordinates in the equations of both planes equal to zero and solve the system of equations you end up with. Note! If you set z = 0 and the line of intersection is perpendicular to the z -axis, no points on the line have z = 0 .

How to find the coordinates of two lines intersecting? ›

To algebraically find the intersection of two straight lines, write the equation for each line with y on the left side. Next, write down the right sides of the equation so that they are equal to each other and solve for x.

How to find the intersection of two graphs? ›

The Intersection Between Two Graphs. You find the point where the graph of f and the graph of g intersects by solving the equation f ( x ) = g ( x ) .

How to find the point of intersection of two planes? ›

1. Take the cross product of the normal vectors to find the directional vector of the line of intersection: n → α × n → β = ( 1 , 2 , − 3 ) × ( 1 , − 1 , 2 ) = ( 4 − 3 , − 3 − 2 , − 1 − 2 ) = ( 1 , − 5 , − 3 ) . 2. Set z = 0 and solve the system of equations to find the point P .

How to find the coordinates of a point of intersection of two diagonals? ›

By the Parallelogram Diagonals Theorem, the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other. So, the coordinates of the intersection are the midpoints of diagonals — LN and — OM .

What is the formula for the intersection of two events? ›

P(A∩B) is the probability of both independent events “A” and "B" happening together, P(A∩B) formula can be written as P(A∩B) = P(A) × P(B), where, P(A∩B) = Probability of both independent events “A” and "B" happening together. P(A) = Probability of an event “A”

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