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This document provides 11 math word problems and questions about geometry, trigonometry, logarithms, lines, and circles. It asks the learner to find exact values, gradients, equations of lines, lengths, coordinates of points, and values of variables. The problems cover skills like finding gradients and equations of perpendicular lines, using trigonometric functions, working with logarithms, finding midpoints and diameters of circles, and determining values from geometric relationships between points and lines.

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MAT112 Tutorial

This document provides 11 math word problems and questions about geometry, trigonometry, logarithms, lines, and circles. It asks the learner to find exact values, gradients, equations of lines, lengths, coordinates of points, and values of variables. The problems cover skills like finding gradients and equations of perpendicular lines, using trigonometric functions, working with logarithms, finding midpoints and diameters of circles, and determining values from geometric relationships between points and lines.

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MAT112 TUTORIAL SERIES

SERIES III

1) If sin x  =

4
and 0 < x < 90, what is the exact value of sin 2 x  ?
5

6 (Note means approximately equal to.)


7
3) Given that log a 7 = 1.946 and log a 11 = 2.398 , find log a .
11

2) If log 3 0.477 and log 2 0.301, then log

4) P and Q have coordinates (4, 7) and (2, 5) respectively. The perpendicular bisector of
PQ has a gradient of

1
.
2

What is the equation of the perpendicular bisector of PQ ?


5) A straight line passes through the points G, M and H where G = (2, 5) and
M = (4, 3). M is the midpoint of GH. What are the coordinates of H ?

6) A line L has equation x + 3 y + 7 = 0 . What is the gradient of a line perpendicular to L ?


7) The lines with the equations ax 2 y + 5 = 0 and 3x + y 4 = 0 are parallel. What is the
value of a?
8) A line L is parallel to the line with equation 4 x + 2 y = 6 and passes through the point
(3, 1). What is the equation of L ?
9) The point P(7, 6) lies on a circle with centre (5, 1) as shown in the diagram.

P(7, 6)

(5, 1)

What is the length of the diameter ?


10) P is the point (a, 2) and Q is (0, b). M(1, 2) is the midpoint of PQ. What are the values of
a and b? P and Q are the points (2, 3) and (1, 4). What is the gradient of a line
perpendicular to PQ ?
11) A straight line passes through the points P(5, 2) and Q(2, 1). What is the equation of
the straight line which passes through P and is perpendicular to PQ ?
12) The line joining the points (2, 3) and (6, k) has gradient

2
. What is the value of k ?
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