Topic Coordinate Geometry

Class 10 1. Plot the following points in the rectangular coordinate system. (i) A (5, 4) (ii) B (-4, 3) (iii) C (-2, -3) (iv) D (3, -2) 2. Locate the points (i) (3, 5) and (5, 3) (ii) (-2, -5) and (-5, -2) in the rectangular coordinate system. 3. Plot the points (-1, 0), (2, 0), (-5, 0) and (4, 0) in the Cartesian plane. 4. Plot the points (0, 4), (0,-2), (0, 5) and (0,-4) in the Cartesian plane. 5. Plot the points (i) (-1, 2), (ii) (-4, 2), (iii) (4, 2) and (iv) (0, 2). What can you say about the position of these points? Identify the quadrants of the points 6. A (2, 3), 7. B (-2, 3), 8. C (-2, -3) 9. D (2, 3). Find the coordinates of the points shown in the Figure, where each square is a unit square. (Question 10 to 15)

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11. B 12. C 13. D 14. E 15. F 16. G State whether the following statements are true / false. 17. (5, 7) is a point in the IV quadrant. 18. (2, 7) is a point in the III quadrant. 19. (8, 7) lies below the x-axis. 20. (5, 2) and (7, 2) are points on the line parallel to y-axis. 21. (5, 2) lies to the left of y-axis. 22. (0, 3) is a point on x-axis. 23. (2, 3) lies in the II quadrant. 24. (10, 0) is a point on x-axis. 25. (2, 4) lies above x-axis. 26. For any point on the x-axis its y coordinate is zero. Write down the abscissa for the following points. 27. (7, 2) 28. (3, 5) 29. (8, 7) 30. (5, 3) Write down the ordinate of the following points. 31. (7, 5) 32. (2, 9)

33. (5, 8) 34. (7, 4) 35. In a rectangle ABCD, the coordinates of A, B and D are (0, 0) (4, 0) (0, 3). What are the coordinates of C? 36. Find the distance between the points (-4, 0) and (3, 0) 37. Find the distance between the points (-7, 2) and (5, 2) 38. Find the distance between the points (-5, -6) and (-4, 2) 39. Find the distance between the points (0, 8) and (6, 0) 40. Find the distance between the points (3, -4), (5, -7) 41. Show that the three points A(4, 2), B(7, 5) and C(9, 7) lie on a straight line. 42. Determine whether the points are vertices of a right triangle A (-3, -4), B (2, 6) and C (-6, 10). 43. Show that the points (a, a), (a, a), and (a , a triangle. ) form an equilateral

44. Prove that the points (7, 3), (5, 10), (15, 8) and (3, 5) taken in order are the corners of a parallelogram. 45. Show that the following points (3, 2), (3, 2), (1, 2) and (1, 2) taken in order are vertices of a square. 46. Let P be a point on the perpendicular bisector of the segment joining (2, 3) and (6, 5). If the abscissa and the ordinate of P are equal, find the coordinates of P. 47. Show that (4, 3) is the centre of the circle which passes through the points (9, 3), (7, 1) and (1, 1). Find also its radius? 48. Show that S (4, 3) is the circum-centre of the triangle joining the points A (9, 3), B (7, 1) and C (1, 1) 49. If the point (a, b) is equidistant from (3, 4) and (8, 5), show that 5a b 32 = 0. Find the distance between the following pairs of points. 50. (7, 8) and (2, 3) 51. (6, 0) and (2, 4)

52. (3, 2) and (2, 0) 53. (2, 8) and (4, 6) 54. (2, 3) and (3, 2) 55. (2, 2) and (3, 2) 56. (2, 2) and (3, 2) 57. (7, 0) and (8, 0) 58. (0, 17) and (0, 1) 59. (5, 7) and the origin. Show that the following points are collinear. 60. (3, 7), (6, 5) and (15, 1) 61. (3, 2), (2, 8) and (0, 4) 62. (1, 4), (3, 2) and (1, 10) 63. (6, 2), (2, 3) and (2, 8) 64. (4, 1), (5, 2) and (6, 5) Show that the following points form an isosceles triangle. 65. (2, 0), (4, 0) and (1, 3) 66. (1, 2), (5, 1) and (1, 4) 67. (1, 3), (2, 1) and (1, 1) 68. (1, 3), (3, -5) and (3, 0) 69. (2, 3), (5, 7) and (1, 4) Show that the following points form a right angled triangle. 70. (2, 3), (6, 7) and (8, 3) 71. (ii) (11, 13), (3, 1) and (4, 3) 72. (0, 0), (a, 0) and (0, b)

73. (10, 0), (18, 0) and (10, 15) 74. (5, 9), (5, 16) and (29, 9) Show that the following points form an equilateral triangle. 75. (0, 0), (10, 0) and (5, 5 ) 76. (a, 0), (a, 0) and (0, a ) 77. (2, 2), (- 2,- 2) and (2 , 2 ) 78. ( , 2), (0, 1) and (0, 3) 79. ( , 1), (2 , 2) and (2 , 4) Show that the following points taken in order form the vertices of a parallelogram. 80. (7, -5), (4, 3), (5, 6) and (2, 2) 81. (9, 5), (6, 0), (2, 3) and (1, 2) 82. (0, 0), (7, 3), (10, 6) and (3, 3) 83. (2, 5), (7, 1), (2, 4) and (7, 0) 84. (3, 5), (5, 4), (7, 10) and (15, 9) Show that the following points taken in order form the vertices of a rhombus. 85. (0, 0), (3, 4), (0, 8) and (3, 4) 86. (4, 7), (1, 2), (8, 5) and (5, 4) 87. (1, 0), (5, 3), (2, 7) and (2, 4) 88. (2, 3), (6, 5), (2, 1) and (6,7) 89. (15, 20), (3, 12), (11, -6) and (7, 2) 90. If the distance between two points (x, 7) and (1, 15) is 10, find x. 91. Show that (4, 1) is equidistant from the points (-10, 6) and (9, 13). 92. If two points (2, 3) and (6, 5) are equidistant from the point (x, y) , show that x + y + 3 = 0.

93. If the length of the line segment with end points (2, 6) and (2, y) is 4, find y. 94. Find the perimeter of the triangle with vertices (0, 8), (6, 0) and origin 95. Find the perimeter of the triangle with vertices (9, 3), (1, 3) and origin 96. Find the point on the y-axis equidistant from (5, 2) and (9, 2) (Hint: A point on the y-axis will have its x coordinate as zero). 97. Find the radius of the circle whose centre is (3, 2) and passes through (5, 6). 98. Prove that the points (0, -5) (4, 3) and (-4, -3) lie on the circle centered at the origin with radius 5. 99. In the Figure, PB is perpendicular segment from the point A (4,3). If PA = PB then find the coordinates of B.

100. Find the area of the rhombus ABCD with vertices A (2, 0), B (5, -5), C (8, 0) and D (5, 5) [Hint: Area of the rhombus ABCD = ] 101. Can you draw a triangle with vertices (1, 5) (5, 8) and (13, 14)? Give reason. 102. If origin is the centre of a circle with radius 17 units, find the coordinates of any four points on the circle which are not on the axes. (Use the Pythagorean triplets) 103. Show that (2, 1) is the circum-centre of the triangle formed by the vertices (3, 1), (2, 2) and (1, 1) 104. Show that the origin is the circum-centre of the triangle formed by the vertices (1, 0), (0, -1) and (

105. If the points A(6, 1), B(8, 2), C(9, 4) and D(p, 3) taken in order are the vertices of a parallelogram, find the value of p using distance formula. 106. The radius of the circle with centre at the origin is 10 units. Write the coordinates of the point where the circle intersects the axes. Find the distance between any two of such points.

107. Find a point on x-axis which is equidistant from the points (7, 6) and (3, 4). 108. Determine the equation of the straight line whose slope is 2 and y-intercept is 7. 109. Determine the equation of the straight line passing through ( 1, 2) and having slope . 110. Determine the equation of the straight line passing through the points (1, 2) and (3, 4). 111. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (1, 2) and making intercepts on the co-ordinate axes which are in the ratio 2 : 3. 112. Find the length of the perpendicular from (2, 3) to the line 2x y + 9 = 0 . 113. Find the co-ordinates of the points on the straight line y = x + 1 which are at a distance of 5 units from the straight line 4x 3y + 20 = 0 114. Find the equation of the straight line, if the perpendicular from the origin makes an angle of 120 with x-axis and the length of the perpendicular from the origin is 6 units. 115. Find the points on y-axis whose perpendicular distance from the straight line 4x 3y 12 = 0 is 3. 116. Determine the equation of the straight line passing through the point ( 1, 2) and having slope . 117. Determine the equation of the line with slope 3 and y-intercept 4. 118. A straight line makes an angle of 45 with x-axis and passes through the point (3, 3). Find its equation. 119. Find the equation of the straight line joining the points (3, 6) and (2, 5). 120. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (2, 2) and having intercepts whose sum is 9. 121. Find the equation of the straight line whose intercept on the x-axis is 3 times its intercept on the y-axis and which passes through the point ( 1, 3). 122. Find the equations of the medians of the triangle formed by the points (2, 4), (4, 6) and ( 6, 10). 123. Find the equations of the medians of the triangle formed by the points (2, 4), (4, 6) and ( 6, 10).

124. Find the length of the perpendicular from (3, 2) to the straight line 3x + 2y + 1=0. 125. The portion of a straight line between the axes is bisected at the point ( 3, 2). Find its equation. 126. Find the equation of the diagonals of a quadrilateral whose vertices are (1, 2), ( 2, 1), (3, 6) and (6, 8). 127. Find the equation of the straight line, which cut off intercepts on the axes whose sum and product are 1 and 6 respectively. 128. Find the intercepts made by the line 7x + 3y 6 = 0 on the co -ordinate axis. 129. What are the points on x-axis whose perpendicular distance from the straight line is 4? 130. Find the distance of the line 4x y = 0 from the point (4, 1) measured along the straight line making an angle of 135 with the positive direction of the x-axis. 131. Find the angle between the straight lines 3x 2y + 9 = 0 and 2x + y 9 = 0. 132. Show that the straight lines 2x + y 9 = 0 and 2x + y 10 = 0 are parallel. 133. Show that the two straight lines whose equations are x + 2y + 5 = 0 and 2x + 4y 5 = 0 are parallel. 134. Find the distance between the parallel lines 2x + 3y 6=0 and 2x + 3y + 7 = 0. 135. Show that the straight lines 2x + 3y 9 = 0 and 3x 2y + 10 = 0 are at right angles. 136. Find the equation of the straight line parallel to 3x + 2y = 9 and which passes through the point (3, 3). 137. Find the equation of the straight line perpendicular to the straight line 3x + 4y + 28 = 0 and passing through the point ( 1, 4). 138. Show that the triangle formed by straight lines 4x 3y 18 = 0, 3x 4y + 16 = 0 and x + y 2 = 0 is isosceles. 139. Find the point of intersection of the straight lines 5x + 4y 13 = 0 and 3x + y 5=0 140. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the intersection of the straight lines 2x + y = 8 and 3x y = 2 and through the point (2, 3)

141. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the intersection of the straight lines 2x + y = 8 and 3x 2y + 7 = 0 and parallel to 4x + y 11 = 0 142. Find the equation of the straight line which passes through the intersection of the straight lines 5x 6y = 1 and 3x + 2y + 5 = 0 and is perpendicular to the straight line 3x 5y + 11 = 0 143. Find the co-ordinates of orthocentre of the triangle formed by the straight lines x y 5 = 0, 2x y 8 = 0 and 3x y 9 = 0 144. For what values of a, the three straight lines 3x + y + 2 = 0, 2x y + 3 = 0 and x + ay 3 = 0 are concurrent? 145. Find the angle between the straight lines 2x + y = 4 and x + 3y = 5 146. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (1, 2) and parallel to the straight line 3x + 2y 7 = 0 147. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (2, 1) and perpendicular to the straight line x + y = 9 148. Find the point of intersection of the straight lines 5x + 4y 13 = 0 and 3x + y 5=0 149. If the two straight lines 2x 3y + 9 = 0, 6x + ky + 4 = 0 are parallel, find k 150. Find the distance between the parallel lines 2x + y 9 = 0 and 4x + 2y + 7 = 0

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5. 6. I 7. II 8. III 9. IV 10. A(3, 2) 11. B(3, 2) 12. C(2, 2) 13. D(2, 1) 14. E(5, 3) 15. F(3, 4) 16. G(3, 1) 17. False 18. True 19. False 20. False 21. True 22. False 23. True 24. True 25. False 26. True 27. 7 28. 3 29. 8 30. 5 31. 5

32. 9 33. 8 34. 4 35. (4, 3) 36. 7 37. 12 38. 39. 10 40. 41. AB + BC = 3 +2 =5 = AC. The points A, B, and C are collinear. 42. AB2 + BC2 = 125 + 80 = 205 = CA2 43. AB = BC = CA = 2a 44. The opposite sides are equal. ( 45. AB = BC = CD = DA = 4 46. (4, 4) 47. CP2 = CQ2 = CR2 = 25, The points P, Q, R are on the circle. and radius = 5 units. 48. SA = SB = SC = 5 49. Hint: (a 3)2 + (b + 4)2 = (a 8)2 + (b + 5)2 50. 51. 4 52. 53. 2 54. 5 55. 1 56. 5 57. 15 58. 18 59. 60. (Question 60 to 89, are proofs using the distance between two points formula) 90. (7, 5) 91. Proof 92. Proof )

93. 10, 2 94. 24 95. 10 + 4 96. (0, 7) 97. 4 98. Proof 99. (4, 3) 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 30 No Collinear points (8, 15) (8, 15) (8, 15) (8, 15) Proof Proof 11, 7 20 ( )

2x 7y + 16 = 0 y = 2x + 7 2x 7y + 16 = 0 3x + y = 5 3x + 2y = 7

(8, 9) and ( 42, 41) x - y + 12 = 0 (0, 1) and (0, 9). 4x 7y 10 = 0 y = 3x + 4 xy=6 11x y = 27 2x + y = 6 ; x + 2y = 6 x + 3y = 8 3x 2y = 0 ; 2x y = 0 and 5x 3y = 0

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2x 3y + 12 = 0 9x 8y + 10 = 0 ; 2x y = 0 2x 3y = 6; 3x 2y = 6 x intercept ; y intercept 2 (8, 0) and ( 2, 0) 3 ( ) m1 = m2 = 2 and therefore they are

133. The coefficients of x and y are proportional since = parallel. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 3x + 2y + 1 = 0 xy1=0 (1, 2) k=9 m1 = units and m2 =

3x + 2y 3 = 0 4x 3y + 16 = 0 Proof (1, 2) x=2 28x + 7y 74 = 0 5x + 3y + 8 = 0 (2, 3), (3, 2), ( 6, 1) a=4

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