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BJP5 Exercise 8.6: isCollinearPoint

Language/Type: Java classes instance methods Point
Author: Will Beebe (on 2019/09/19)

Add the following method to the Point class: 

public boolean isCollinear(Point p1, Point p2)

Returns whether this Point is collinear with the given two other points. Points are collinear if a straight line can be drawn that connects them. Two basic examples are three points that have the same x- or y-coordinate. The more general case can be determined by calculating the slope of the line between each pair of points and checking whether this slope is the same for all pairs of points. Use the formula (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1) to determine the slope between two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2). (Note that this formula fails for points with identical x-coordinates so this will have to be special-cased in your code.)

Since Java's double type is imprecise, round all slope values to a reasonable accuracy such as four digits past the decimal point before you compare them.

public class Point {
    private int x;
    private int y;
    
    // your code goes here
    
}
Type your solution here:


This is a partial class problem. Submit code that will become part of an existing Java class as described. You do not need to write the complete class, just the portion described in the problem.

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