Check if given two straight lines are identical or not

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Given two straight lines with co-efficients of their equations a1x + b1y + c1 = 0 and a2x + b2y + c2 = 0 respectively, the task is to check if the straight lines are identical or not.
Examples:

Input: a1 = -2, b1 = 4, c1 = 3, a2 = -6, b2 = 12, c2 = 9
Output: The given straight lines are identical
Input: a1 = 12, b1 = 3, c1 = 8, a2 = 7, b2 = -12, c2 = 0
Output: The given straight lines are not identical

Approach:

Given equations,
a1x + b1y + c1 = 0
a2x + b2y + c2 = 0
converting them to slope intercept form, we get
y = (-a1/b1)x +(-c1/b1)
y = (-a2/b2)x +(-c2/b2)
now, if the lines are identical then there slope and intercepts must be equal,
so,
-a1/b1 = -a2/b2
or, a1/a2 = b1/b2
also,
-c1/b1 = -c2/b2
so, c1/c2 = b1/b2
So, if two given straight lines are identical then there co-efficients should be proportional.
$\frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}} = \frac{b_{1}}{b_{2}} = \frac{c_{1}}{c_{2}}$

Below is the implementation of the above approach

C++

// C++ program to check if
// given two straight lines
// are identical or not
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to check if they are identical
void idstrt(double a1, double b1,
            double c1, double a2,
            double b2, double c2)
{
    if ((a1 / a2 == b1 / b2)
        && (a1 / a2 == c1 / c2)
        && (b1 / b2 == c1 / c2))
        cout << "The given straight"
             << " lines are identical"
             << endl;
 
    else
        cout << "The given straight"
             << " lines are not identical"
             << endl;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    double a1 = -2, b1 = 4,
           c1 = 3, a2 = -6,
           b2 = 12, c2 = 9;
    idstrt(a1, b1, c1, a2, b2, c2);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to check if
// given two straight lines
// are identical or not
class GFG
{
 
// Function to check if they are identical
static void idstrt(double a1, double b1,
                    double c1, double a2,
                    double b2, double c2)
{
    if ((a1 / a2 == b1 / b2)
        && (a1 / a2 == c1 / c2)
        && (b1 / b2 == c1 / c2))
        System.out.println( "The given straight"
        +" lines are identical");
 
    else
        System.out.println("The given straight"
            + " lines are not identical");
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    double a1 = -2, b1 = 4,
            c1 = 3, a2 = -6,
            b2 = 12, c2 = 9;
    idstrt(a1, b1, c1, a2, b2, c2);
}
}
 
// This code has been contributed by 29AjayKumar

Python3

# Python3 program to check if
# given two straight lines
# are identical or not
 
# Function to check if they are identical
def idstrt(a1, b1, c1, a2, b2, c2):
    if ((a1 // a2 == b1 // b2) and
        (a1 // a2 == c1 // c2) and
        (b1 // b2 == c1 // c2)):
        print("The given straight lines", 
                         "are identical");
    else:
        print("The given straight lines", 
                     "are not identical");
 
# Driver Code
a1, b1 = -2, 4
c1, a2 = 3,-6
b2, c2 = 12,9
idstrt(a1, b1, c1, a2, b2, c2)
 
# This code is contributed 
# by mohit kumar

C#

// C# program to check if 
// given two straight lines 
// are identical or not
using System;
 
class GFG 
{ 
 
// Function to check if they are identical 
static void idstrt(double a1, double b1, 
                    double c1, double a2, 
                    double b2, double c2) 
{ 
    if ((a1 / a2 == b1 / b2) 
        && (a1 / a2 == c1 / c2) 
        && (b1 / b2 == c1 / c2)) 
        Console.WriteLine( "The given straight"
        +" lines are identical"); 
 
    else
        Console.WriteLine("The given straight"
            + " lines are not identical"); 
} 
 
// Driver Code 
public static void Main(String[] args) 
{ 
    double a1 = -2, b1 = 4, 
            c1 = 3, a2 = -6, 
            b2 = 12, c2 = 9; 
    idstrt(a1, b1, c1, a2, b2, c2); 
} 
} 
 
// This code contributed by Rajput-Ji

PHP

<?php
 
// PHP program to check if 
// given two straight lines 
// are identical or not 
 
 
// Function to check if they are identical 
function idstrt($a1, $b1, 
            $c1, $a2, 
            $b2, $c2) 
{ 
    if (($a1 / $a2 == $b1 / $b2) 
        && ($a1 / $a2 == $c1 / $c2) 
        && ($b1 / $b2 == $c1 / $c2)) 
        echo "The given straight lines are identical","\n";
 
    else
        echo "The given straight lines are not identical","\n";
} 
 
    // Driver Code 
    $a1 = -2; $b1 = 4; 
    $c1 = 3; $a2 = -6; 
    $b2 = 12; $c2 = 9; 
    idstrt($a1, $b1, $c1, $a2, $b2, $c2);
 
    // This code is contributed by Ryuga
 
?>

Javascript

<script>
 
// javascript program to check if
// given two straight lines
// are identical or not
 
 
// Function to check if they are identical
function idstrt(a1 , b1,
                    c1 , a2,
                    b2 , c2)
{
    if ((a1 / a2 == b1 / b2)
        && (a1 / a2 == c1 / c2)
        && (b1 / b2 == c1 / c2))
        document.write( "The given straight"
        +" lines are identical");
 
    else
        document.write("The given straight"
            + " lines are not identical");
}
 
// Driver Code
  
 
var a1 = -2, b1 = 4,
        c1 = 3, a2 = -6,
        b2 = 12, c2 = 9;
idstrt(a1, b1, c1, a2, b2, c2);
 
// This code contributed by Princi Singh 
 
</script>

Output:

The given straight lines are identical

Time Complexity: O(1)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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