Representing line intersections as a system of linear equations

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In a previous post, I outlined an analytical solution for intersecting lines and
ellipses. In this post I’m doing much the same thing but rather with lines on lines. I’ll point out why the normal slope-intercept form for a line is a poor representation, and what we can do about that.