MATHEMATICS – ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

PROBLEM SET # 3
INSTRUCTION: Show your complete solution.
MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. Find the slope of the line defined by y – 3x = 5.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

2. Find the equation of a line with slope = 2 and y-intercept = 5.

A. y = 2x + 5 B. y = 3x + 6 C. y = 4x + 7 D. y = 5x + 8

3. What is the general form of the equation for a line whose x-intercept is 4 and y-intercept is -5?
A. 5x – 4y – 20 = 0 C. 7x – 4y – 20 = 0
B. 5x – 6y – 20 = 0 D. 5x – 4y – 18 = 0

4. What is the radius of the circle defined by x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y = 7?

A. 2.47 B. 4.47 C. 6.47 D. 8.47

5. What are the coordinates of the center and the radius, respectively, of the following equation for a circle?
x2 + y2 + 12y – 2x + 1 = 0
A. (7, -6); 2 B. (4, -2); 4 C. (1, -6); 6 D. (-1, -3); 8

6. What is the length of the line with slope 4/3, from the point (5, 4) to the y-axis?
A. 21/3 B. 23/3 C. 25/3 D. 27/3

7. What is the equation of the ellipse with center at (0, 0) that passes through the points (2, 0), (0, 4), and (-2, 0)?
A. x2/3 + y2/14 = 1 C. x2/5 + y2/18 = 1
B. x2/4 + y2/16 = 1 D. x2/6 + y2/20 = 1

8. What is the equation of the circle passing through the (x, y) points (0, 0), (0, 6) and (-6, 0)?
A. (x + 3)2 + (y – 3)2 = 18 C. (x + 5)2 + (y – 5)2 = 18
2 2
B. (x + 4) + (y – 4) = 18 D. (x + 6)2 + (y – 6)2 = 18

9. The x and y-coordinates of a particle moving in the x-y plane are x = 8 sint and y = 6cost. Which of the following
equations describes the path of the particle?
A. 9x2 + 10y2 = 900 C. 25x2 + 20y2 = 900
2 2
B. 16x + 15y = 900 D. 36x2 + 25y2 = 900

10. 10. What conic section is described by the following equation? 4x2 + y2 + 8x + 4y = 15
A. ellipse B. circle C. parabola D. hyperbola

11. What is the radius of a sphere with a center at the origin and that passes through the point (6, 3, 5)?
A. 2.37 B. 4.37 C. 6.37 D. 8.37

12. Find the mid-point between (2, 5) and (-4, -5).

A. (-1, 1) B. (-1, 0) C. (-1,2) D. (-3,0)

13. What is the angle between the x - axis and the line y = 0.8x?
A. 38.66o B. 34.23o C. 43.20o D. 59.34o

14. Find the slope form of the line passing through the points (1.7, 3.4) and (8.3, 9.5)
A. y = 0.924x + 2.830 B. y = 1.924x + 3.830
C. y = 2.924x + 4.830 D. y = 0.924x + 1.830

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15. A line passing through (4, 3) has a slope of 5 and intersect at y-axis. Find the distance from point (4, 3) to the
point of intersection of the y-axis.
A. 16.39 B. 18.39 C. 22.39 D. 20.39

16. Find the equation of the line passing through the point (2,1) and that is perpendicular to the line passing through
(3, -2) and (-6,5).
11 9x 15 9x 11
A. y = 9x - 11
x
B. y = - C. y = - D. y = +
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

17. Find the slope of line whose equation is y - 5x + 2 = 0.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

18. Find the equation of line whose x-intercept is 2 and y-intercept is 3,

A. 3x + 2y = 8 B. 3x + 2y = 2 C. 3x + 2y = 4 D. 3x + 2y = 6

19. The intercept of a straight line on the y-axis is -3. If (5,2) is a point on the straight line, the slope of the straight
line is
A. -3 B. 1 C. 5 D. 0

20. The equation of a straight line passing through point (2,3) and slope of 1.
A. x - y = -1 B. x + 2y = 7 C. x - y = 3 D. x + y = 5

21. Which of the following lines is perpendicular to a line with the equation y = ¼ x + 6?
A. y = 2x – 3 B. y = -4x + 6 C. x = 4y – 3 D. y = -1/4 x – 6

22. Find the distance between 3x + 4y = 4 and point (0,5).

A. 2.8 B. 3.0 C. 3.2 D. 3.4

23. Find the slope-intercept equation of a line that has y-intercept -4 and is parallel to the line 5x – 2y = 3.
A. y = 5 x - 4 B. y = 5 x + 4 C. x = 5 y - 4 D. y = 5 x - 5
2 2 2 2

24. Find the equation of line with slope -6 and x-intercept at 4.

A. y = 6x + 24 B. y = -6x - 24 C. y = -6x + 20 D. y = -6x + 24

25. Find the equation of line passing through (5, 8) and perpendicular to y-axis.
A. y = 5 B. y = 8 C. y = 3 D. y = 1

26. Find the equation of the line whose y-intercept is -7 and whose slope is 4/3.
A. 4x - 3y - 21 = 0 B. 3x - 4y - 21 = 0 C. x - 2y + 21 = 0 D. 4x - 3y + 21 = 0

27. The equation of the line through (1,2) parallel to the line 3x - 2y + 4 = 0 is:
A. 3x - 2y + 1 = 0 B. 3x + 2y + 1 = 0 C. 3x - 2y - 1 = 0 D. 3x + 2y - 1 = 0

28. Find the distance between two parallel lines: 3x - 4y = 10 and 3x - 4y = 20.
A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 5

29. What is the radius of the circle described by x2 - 2x + y2 - 2y - 4 = 0?

A. 1 B. 2.2 C. 2.45 D. 3

30. Find the standard equation of circle whose center is at (1,2) and passes through (5,4).
A. x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y – 15 = 0 C. x2 - y2 – 2x – 4y – 18 = 0
B. x2 + y2 + 2x – 4y – 15 = 0 D. x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y + 15 = 0

31. Find the center of the circle given by the equation x2 + y2 - 8x + 2y = 9.

A. (4, -0.5) B. (-4, 2) C. (-4, -1) D. (4, -1)

32. What is the radius of a circle with the following equation? x2 - 6x + y2 - 4y - 12 = 0

A. 3.46 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

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33. What are the coordinates of the center of the curve x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y – 31 = 0?
A. (-1, -1) B. (-2, -2) C. (1, 2) D. (2, 1)

34. The shortest distance from A (3, 8) to the circle x2 + y2 + 4x – 6y = 12 is equal to

A. 2.1 B. 2.3 C. 2.5 D. 2.7

35. Find the equation of the circle that is circumscribed about the triangle whose vertices are (-1, -3), (-2, 4) and (2, 1).
A. x2 + y2 + 3x + y – 10 = 0 B. x2 + y2 - 3x – y – 10 = 0
C. x2 + y2 + 3x – y + 10 = 0 D. x2 + y2 + 3x – y – 10 = 0

36. Find the area of triangle formed by joining the points (4,1), (-6, 8) and (-3, -7)
A. 64.5 B. 74.5 C. 84.5 D. 94.5

37. Determine the area of the triangle bounded by the straight lines x + 2y – 7 = 0, 3x – 4y – 1 = 0,
and 2x – y + 6 = 0.
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25

38. Find the eccentricity of a parabola whose equation is y2 = 4(x-5).

A. 0.5 B. 1.0 C. 2.0 D. 3.0

39. Find the equation of parabola with focus at (-1,2) and directrix at y = -2
A. (x+1)2 = 10y B. (x+1)2 = 8y C. (x-1)2 = 8y D. (x+1)2 = -8y

40. Which conic section is described by the following equation 9x2 + 16y2 + 54x - 64y = -1?
A. Ellipse B. circle C. parabola D. hyperbola

41. Find the equation of the directrix of the parabola y2 = 16x.

A. x = 2 B. x = -2 C. x = 4 D. x = -4

42. Find the equation of the axis of symmetry of the function y = 2x2 – 7x + 5.
A. 7x + 4 = 0 B. 4x + 7 = 0 C. 4x -7 = 0 D. x – 2 = 0

43. In a Cartesian coordinate system, the vertices of a triangle are defined by the following points: (-2, 0), (4, 0) and
(3, 3). What is the area?
A. 8 sq. units B. 9 sq. units C. 10 sq. units D. 11 sq. units

44. A line passes thru (1, -3) and (-4, 2). Write the equation of the line in slope intercept form.
A. y – 4 = x B. y = -x – 2 C. y = x – 4 D. y -2 = x

45. Find the slope of a line having a parametric equation of x = 2 + t and y = 5 – 3t.
A. 2 B. 3 C. -2 D. -3

46. Find the area of the triangle which the line 2x – 3y + 6 = 0 forms with the coordinate axis.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 2

47. Find the equation of parabola with vertical axis; vertex at origin; passing through (-3, 2).
3 9 9 9
A. x2 = y B. x2 = - y C. x2 = y D. x2 = y
2 2 2 7

48. Find the equation of parabola with focus at (0, 4) and directrix at x = 6.
A. y2 + 8y – 12x + 20 = 0 C. y2 – 8y – 12x - 20 = 0
2
B. y – 8y + 12x + 20 = 0 D. y2 – 8y + 12x - 20 = 0

49. The slope of a line is ½. The slope of the second line is -2/3. The lines intercept at the point (3, 1). What is the
acute angle between the lines?
A. 27 degrees B. 50 degrees C. 60 degrees D. 80 degrees

50. Find the equation of the normal to the circle x2 + y2 = 25 at (3, -4).
A. y = 4/3 x – 6 B. y = -2/3 x – 6 C. y = -4/3 x + 8 D. y = -4/3 x

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