Intersection of A Polyhedron With A Line - Statement of The Problem

Statement of The Problem

In general, a convex polyhedron is defined as the intersection of a finite number of halfspaces. That is, a convex polyhedron is the set of solutions of a system of inequations of the form

The formal statement of our problem is to find the intersection of the set with the line defined by, where and .

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