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Paradigm Specialising in O Level Mathematics

8 MUST KNOW QUESTIONS TO CONQUER

COORDINATE GEOMETRY
1 A line 𝑙 is represented by the equation 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 18. It crosses the 𝑥-axis at the point 𝐴
and the 𝑦-axis at the point 𝐵.
(a) Find the coordinates of 𝐴 and 𝐵.
(b) Calculate the length of the line joining 𝐴 and 𝐵.

Ans: (a) 𝐴(6, 0) 𝐵(0, −4.5) (b) 7.5


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In the diagram above, 𝑄 is the point (7,6) and 𝑅 is the point (−2,0).
𝑃𝑄 is parallel to the 𝑥-axis and 𝑃𝑅 is parallel to the 𝑦-axis.
(a) Write down the coordinates of 𝑃.
(b) If 𝑆 (1, 𝑏) is a point on 𝑄𝑅, find the value of 𝑏.

Ans: (a) 𝑃 = (−2, 6) (b) b = 2


3 The diagram shows a triangle with vertices 𝐴(−4, 4), 𝐵(−4, −6) and 𝐶(4, 10).

(a) Find the length of line 𝐵𝐶.


(b) Find the coordinates of the point 𝐷 such that 𝐴𝐶𝐷𝐵 is a parallelogram.
(c) Find the area of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶.
(d) Find the perpendicular distance from 𝐴 to 𝐵𝐶.

Ans: (a) √(−4 − 4)2 + (−6 − 10)2 = 17.8885 = 17.9 units (3 sig fig) (b) 𝐷(4, 0)
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(c) 2 × 8 × 10 = 40 square units (d) 4.47

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4 𝐴 is the point (5, 11) and 𝐵 is the point (−4, −2) respectively.
(a) Find the length of the line 𝐴𝐵.
(b) Find the equation of the line 𝐴𝐵.
(c) The equation of line 𝑝 is 9𝑦 = 13𝑥 + 9.
(i) Show how you can tell that the line 𝑝 does not intersect the line 𝐴𝐵.
(ii) Another line 𝑞 is 3𝑦 − 5𝑥 = 6.
Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the line 𝑝 and the line 𝑞.

Ans: (a) 15.8 unit (b) 9𝑦 = 13𝑥 + 34


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(a) (i) line 𝑝: 9𝑦 = 13𝑥 + 9 (Given). Hence, 𝑦 = 9 𝑥 + 1
(ii) 𝑥 = −4.5 or 𝑦 = −5.5
5 The figure shows a triangle ABC with
𝐵 (−2, 4), 𝐶 (2, 2) and 𝐴 (𝑎, 𝑏) . The gradients
of BC, AC and AB are −2𝑛, 2𝑛, n respectively.
(a) Find
(i) the value of n,
(ii) the coordinates of A,
(iii) the length of BC.
(b) Given that the area of triangle ABC is 12
units2, find the length of the perpendicular
line drawn from A to BC.
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Ans: (a)(i) 𝑛 = 4 (ii) 𝐴(14, 8) (iii) Length of BC = 4.47units (b) ℎ = 5.37units

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Paper 2

1 A consultant was studying the effect of the introduction of a new policy to a company’s
business profit. He felt that the amount of profit, y hundred thousand dollars, over a
period of x months could be modelled by the equation

𝑥 3 10
𝑦= + − 10.
5 𝑥

Some corresponding values of x and y are given in the following table.

x 0.5 1.5 2 3 4 4.5 5


y 10.03 −2.66 −3.4 −1.27 5.30 10.45 17.00

(a) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit, draw a horizontal x-axis for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5.


Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit, draw a vertical y-axis for −4 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 18.
On your axes, plot the points given in the table and join them with a smooth curve.
(b) Use your graph to state the period when the company is suffering a loss.
𝑥3 10
(c) Use your graph to find the solution(s) to the equation 5 + 𝑥 = 15 in the range
0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5.
(d) By drawing a tangent, find the gradient of the curve at (1.5, −2.66).
(e) (i) On the same axes, draw the line 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 1 for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5.
(ii) The x-coordinates of the points where the line in (e)(i) intersects the curve are the
solutions of the equation 𝑥 4 − 𝑎𝑥 2 − 𝑏𝑥 + 50 = 0. Find the value of a and of b.

Ans: (b) 0.75months < 𝑡 < 3.25months(±0.5) (c) 𝑥 = 0.45 or 4 ± 0.5)


(d) 𝑚 = −2 (±0.5) (e)(i) (ii) 𝑎 = 15, 𝑏 = 55
2 𝑥3 20
The variables 𝑥 and 𝑦 are connected by the equation 𝑦 = 30 + 𝑥 − 10.
Some corresponding values of 𝑥 and 𝑦, correct to 2 decimal places, are given in the table
below.
𝑥 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
𝑦 𝑝 0.27 −2.43 −2.87 −1.83 0.53 4.29

(a) Calculate the value of 𝑝.


(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit, draw a horizontal 𝑥-axis for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 7.
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit, draw a vertical 𝑦-axis for −3 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 11. On
your axes, plot the points given in the table and join them with a smooth curve.
(c) By drawing a line, use your graph to find the solution to the equation
𝑥3 20
+ 𝑥 = 15.
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(d) By drawing a tangent, find the gradient of the curve at 𝑥 = 2.
(e) (i) On the same axes, draw the line 𝑦 + 2𝑥 = 10.
(ii) Write down the 𝑥-coordinates of the points where the line intersects the curve.
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Ans: (a) 𝑝 = 10.03 (2 dec. pls) or 10.0 (3 sig. figs) or 10 30
(b) Accurately plotted coordinates (at least 3 pairs) … see graph.....
Correct scales & ranges for 𝑥 and 𝑦 axes + label of curve & axes
Smoothness of curve 𝑥 = 1.30 ± 0.2, -4.60, (i) Draw the line 𝑦 + 2𝑥 = 10
Intersection points are: 𝑥 = 1.15 ± 0.2 and 𝑥 = 5.45 ± 0.2

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3 The table below shows some values of 𝑥 and 𝑦, where 𝑦 = −𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1.


𝑥 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5
𝑦 𝑘 1 4 𝑛 4 1 −4

(a) Find the value of 𝑘 and of 𝑛.


(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the 𝑥-axis and 2 cm to 1 unit on the 𝑦-axis, draw
the graph of 𝑦 = −𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1 for −1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5.
(c) Use your graph to estimate the solutions of the equation −𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1 = 0.
(d) By drawing a suitable straight line on the graph, solve the equation
−𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1 = 3 − 𝑥.
(e) By drawing a tangent, find the gradient of the curve 𝑦 = −𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1 at the point
where 𝑥 = 1.

Ans: (a) 𝑥 = −1, 𝑘 = −4, 𝑥 = 2, 𝑛 = 5 (c) From graph, 𝑥 = answer rounded to 2 dp or


less (read from individual graph, accept −0.336 to −0.136, 4.16 to 4.36)
(d) Draw the line 𝑦 = 3 − 𝑥
From graph, 𝑥 = answer rounded to 2 dp or less (read from individual graph, accept
0.338 to 0.538, 4.46 to 4.66)
(e) Tangent drawn at 𝑥 = 1 with coordinates seen or triangle drawn.
Gradient = 2 (read from individual graph, accept 1.5 to 2.4)

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