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++ 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 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 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# 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 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
?>
<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)