SSLC Chapter 5

5.
COORDINATE GEOMETRY
Two Marks:
1. Find the midpoint of the line segment joining the points (3, 0) and (-1, 4).
2. The center of a circle is at (-6, 4). If one end of a diameter of the circle is at the
origin, then find the other end.
3. Find the point which divides the line segment joining the points (3, 5) and (8, 10)
internally in the ratio 2: 3.
4. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining (3, 4) and
(6, 2) in the ratio 3: 2 externally.
5. Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are A(4, -6), B(3,-2) and C(5, 2).
6. If the centroid of a triangle is at (1, 3) and two of its vertices are (-7, 6) and (8, 5)
then find the third vertex of the triangle.
7. Show that the points A (2 , 3), B(4 , 0) and C(6, -3) are collinear.
8. If P(x, y) is any point on the line segment joining the points (a, 0) and (0, b) then
prove that
a/ x +b/y = 1, where a, b 0.
9. Find the slope of the straight line passing through the points (3, -2) and (-1, 4).
10. Find the equation of straight line whose angle of inclination is 45 and yintercept is 2/5.
11. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the points (-1, 1) and (2,4).
12. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (-2, 3) with slope
1/3.
13. If the x-intercept and y-intercept of a straight line are 2/3 and 3/4 respectively,
then find the equation of the straight line.
14. Find the x and y intercepts of the straight line
(i) 5x+3y - 15 = 0
(ii) 2x -y +16 = 0
(iii) 3x+10 y+ 4 = 0
15. Show that the straight lines 3x+2 y- 12 = 0 and 6x +4y + 8 = are parallel.
16. Prove that the straight lines x + 2y+ 1 = 0 and 2x- y +5 = 0 are perpendicular
to each other.
17. Find the equation of the straight line parallel to the line x 8y+ 13 =0 and
passing through the point (2, 5).
Five Marks:
1. Find the points of trisection of the line segment joining (4, - 1) and (-2, - 3).
2. Find the length of the medians of the triangle whose vertices are (1, -1), (0, 4) and
(-5, 3).
3. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (1, 2), (-3, 4), and (-5,-6).
4. If the area of the ABC is 68 sq. units and the vertices are A (6, 7), B (-4, 1) and C
(a, 9) taken in order, then find the value of a.
5. Find the area of the quadrilateral formed by the points (-4, -2), (-3, -5), (3, -2) and
(2 , 3).
6. Using the concept of slope, show that the points A (5, -2), B(4, -1) and C(1, 2) are
collinear.
7. Using the concept of slope, show that the points (-2, -1), (4, 0), (3, 3) and (-3, 2)
taken in order form a parallelogram.
8. Show that the opposite sides of a quadrilateral with vertices A (-2,-4), B(5 , -1),
C(6 , 4) and D(-1, 1) taken in order are parallel.
10. Using the concept of slope, show that the vertices (1 , 2), (-2 , 2), (-4 , -3) and (1, -3) taken in order form a parallelogram.
8. The vertices of a ABC are A(1 , 2), B(-4 , 5) and C(0 , 1). Find the slopes of the
altitudes of the triangle.
9. The vertices of ABC are A(1, 8), B(-2, 4), C(8, -5). If M and N are the midpoints of
AB and AC respectively, find the slope of MN and hence verify that MN is parallel to
BC.
11. The vertices of a ABC are A(2, 1), B(-2, 3) and C(4, 5). Find the equation of the
median through the vertex A.
12. Find the equations of the straight lines each passing through the point (6, -2)
and whose sum of the intercepts is 5.
13. Find the equation of the straight lines passing through the point (2, 2) and the
sum of the intercepts is 9.
14. Find the equation of the line whose gradient is 3/2 and which passes through P,
where P divides the line segment joining A(-2, 6) and B (3, -4) in the ratio 2 : 3
internally.
15. The vertices of ABC are A(2, 1), B(6, 1) and C(4, 11). Find the equation of the
straight line along the altitude from the vertex A.
16. If the vertices of a ABC are A(2, -4), B(3, 3) and C(-1, 5). Find the equation of
the straight line along the altitude from the vertex B.
17. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the straight line segment
joining the points
(3, 4) and (-1, 2).
18. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point of intersection of
the lines
2x +y -3 = 0 and 5x+y -6 = 0 and parallel to the line joining the points (1, 2) and (2,
1).
19. Find the equation of the straight line segment whose end points are the point of
intersection of the straight lines 2x-3y + 4=0 , x -2y +3 = 0 and the midpoint of the
line joining the points (3, -2) and (-5, 8).
20. Find the equation of the straight line which passes through the point of
intersection of the straight lines 5x-6 y =1 and 3x+2 y+ 5 =0and is perpendicular
to the straight line 3x+5y - 11 = 0.
21. Find the equation of the straight line joining the point of intersection of the lines
3x-y+9 = 0 and
x + 2y=4 and the point of intersection of the lines 2x+y-4=0 and x-2y+3=0
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S.Murugavel M.Sc., B.Ed.,
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