Cordinate Geometry Ws
Cordinate Geometry Ws
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Total Marks: 70
1 The diagram shows a rectangle ABCD. The point A is (2,14), B is (-2,8) and C lies on the x-axis. Find:
(i) The equation of BC. [4]
(ii) The coordinates of C and D. [3]
2 In the diagram, the points A and C lie on the x- and y-axes respectively and the equation of AC is
2y + x = 16. The point B has coordinates (2, 2). The perpendicular from B to AC meets AC at the point X.
The point D is such that the quadrilateral ABCD has AC as a line of symmetry.
(ii) Find the coordinates of D. [2]
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3 The diagram shows a rectangle ABCD. The point A is (0, -2) and C is (12, 14). The diagonal BD is parallel
to the x-axis.
The x-coordinate of D is h.
(ii) Express the gradients of AD and CD in terms of h. [3]
4 The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD in which the point A is (-1, -1), the point B is (3, 6) and
the point C is (9, 4). The diagonals AC and BD intersect at M. Angle BMA = 90° and BM = MD.
Calculate
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5 The diagram shows a rectangle ABCD in which point A is (0, 8) and point B is (4, 0). The diagonal
AC has equation 8y +x = 64. Find, by calculation, the coordinates of C and D. [7]
6 The diagram shows a parallelogram ABCD, in which the equation of AB is y = 3x and the equation
of AD is 4y = x + 11. The diagonals AC and BD meet at the point E (6.5, 8.5). Find, by calculation, the
coordinates of A, B, C and D. [9]
7 The line 4x + ky = 20 passes through the points A (8, -4) and B (b, 2b), where k and b are constants.
8 A is the point (a, 2a - 1) and B is the point (2a + 4, 3a + 9), where a is a constant.
(ii) Given that the distance AB is (260), find the possible values of a. [4]
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9 The diagram shows a trapezium ABCD in which the coordinates of A, B and C are (4, 0), (0, 2) and
(h, 3h) respectively. The lines BC and AD are parallel, angle ABC = 90° and CD is parallel to the
x-axis.
10 The coordinates of two points A and B are (1, 3) and (9, -1) respectively and D is the mid-point of
AB. A point C has coordinates (x, y), where x and y are variables.
(iii) It is given that AC and BC are equal in length. Find an equation relating x and y and show that
it can be simplified to y = 2x – 9.
(iv) Using the results from parts (ii) and (iii), and showing all necessary working, find the possible
coordinates of C.