Practice Coordinate Geometry I 1. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on both axes, plot the points A(8, 2), B(4, 5) and C(4, 4). Find the gradients of the lines AB and AC. 2. The line joining the points C(2, a) and D(2a, 2a) has a gradient of . Find the value of a. 3. The vertices of a triangle are A(3, 3), B(6, 4) and C(6, 3). (a) Find the gradients of the sides of the triangle and state the sides of the triangle which are parallel to the axes. (b) Answer this part of the question on a sheet of graph paper. Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on both axes, plot the points A, B and C and illustrate your answer. 4. Find the distance between the points A(2, 3) and B(5, 7). 5. The vertices of a triangle are A(4, 0), B(2, 8) and C(4, 6). (a) Find the length of each side of the triangle. (b) What type of triangle is ABC? 6. The points A(2, 1), B(6, 5) and C(10, q) are on a straight line. (a) Find the value of q. (b) Find the lengths of AB and AC. (c) Show that AC = 2AB. 7. P(1, 6), Q(3, 4), R(1, 2) and S(3, 4) are the vertices of a quadrilateral PQRS. (a) Find the perimeter of the quadrilateral. (b) Show that PQRS is a parallelogram. P(1, 6) Q(3, 4)

S(3, 4)

R(1, 2)

8. The straight line PQ cuts the x-axis at point A and the y-axis at point B. It is given that the y-intercept is 6 units and the x-intercept is 8 units. (a) State the coordinates of points A and B. (b) Find the distance between A and B. (c) Find the gradient of AB.
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y P B x 0 A Q

9. State the gradient and the y-intercept of each of the following straight lines. (a) y = 2x + 5, (b) 2x + 3y = 9. In each case, sketch each of the above following straight lines. 10. From the graph shown, find (a) the gradient, (b) the y-intercept, (c) the equation of the line.

11. From the graph shown, write down the equation of (a) the straight line AB, (b) the straight line PQ.

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12. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. The vertices of a triangle are A(2, 2), B(2, 4) and C(6, 4). (a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on both axes, draw the triangle. (b) Find the gradients and equations of the sides of the triangle. 13. Determine whether the following points lie on the line y = 3x 4. (a) A(1, 1), (b) B(2, 2). 14. The line y = x + 5/3 passes through the points A(2, p) and B(q, 1). (a) Find the values of p and q. (b) Find the length of AB. 15. A straight line passes through the point (4, 3) and has gradient . (a) Find the equation of the line. (b) The line cuts the x-axis at A and the y-axis at B. Find the coordinates of A and B. 16. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the points A(2, 3) and B(1, 3). 17. Find the point of intersection of the lines y = 3/2x 2 and y = x + 7/3. 18. The vertices of a triangle are A(3, 4), B(p, q) and C(3, 4). The gradients of AB and BC are 1 and respectively. Find (a) the equations of the sides of the triangle, (b) the values of p and q. B(p, q) m1 = 1 A(3, 4) End of Practice m2 = C(3, 4)

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Homework Coordinate Geometry I 1. The vertices of a triangle are P(1, 3), Q(2, 1) and R(4, 4). (a) Find the gradients of the sides of the triangle. (b) Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle. (c) What can you say about PQR? P(1, 3) R(4, 4)

Q(2, 1) 2. The vertices of a triangle are A(1, 5), B(2, 6) and C(6, 6). P is a point on BC and it also lies on the x-axis. Find (a) the coordinates of P, (b) the distance of AP, (c) the equation of AP.

A(1, 5)

B(2, 6) P

C(6, 6)

3. The vertices of a triangle are A(1, 2), B(3, 4) and C(7, 3). M(m, 3) and N(5, n) are points on AB and BC respectively. (a) Find the values of m and n. (b) Show that M and N are the midpoints of AB and BC respectively. (c) Find MN/AC. B(3, 4) M(m, 3) A(1, 2)

N(5, n) C(7, 3)

4. The equation of a straight line is 3x + 4y = 24. The line cuts the x-axis at point A and the y-axis at point B. Find (a) the gradient of the line, (b) the coordinates of points A and B, (c) the distance AB,
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(d) the area of AOB, where O is the origin, (e) the equation of the straight line which passes through the point P(4, 8) and is parallel to AB. 5. The equations of two straight lines are l1: y = x + 6 and l2: y = 2x + 20. The lines intersect at the point P. The line l1 cuts the y-axis at point A and the line l2 cuts the x-axis at point B. Find (a) the coordinates of points P, A and B, (b) the area of the quadrilateral OPAB, where O is the origin. y P A l2: y = 2x + 20 x 0 Q B l1: y = x + 6

6. The vertices of a rectangle are P(4, 2), Q(2, 8), R(14, 12) and S. (a) Find the gradient of PQ. (b) Find the equation of QR. (c) It is given that when Q undergoes a translation of h units in the direction of the positive x-axis and k units in the direction of the positive y-axis, the image is R. Find the values of h and k. (d) Find the coordinates of S. (e) Find the area of rectangle PQRS. End of Homework

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