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maths in focus

Mathematics and Extension


1
Year 12
CHAPTER 1 GEOMETRY 2

1.2

Coordinate Methods in Geometry


This worksheet uses knowledge from the Preliminary topic to answer more advanced questions
involving more than one formula from the list below.
FORMULA
2

distance between 2 points

d=

midpoint of 2 points

M =e

_ x2 - x1 i + _ 2y - 1 y i

x 1+ x 2 y 1+ y 2
o
,
2
2
m =

y2 - y1
x 2 - x1

m = tan i

gradient

A
m =-B
where Ax + By + C = 0
y = mx + b

equation of a straight line

y - y1 = m _ x - x1 i
y - y1
y - y1
= 2
x - x1
x2 - 1x

parallel lines

m1 = m2

perpendicular lines

m 1 #m 2 = -1

perpendicular distance of a point from a line

d=

angle between 2 lines

tan i =

ratio m:n

x=

Ax 1 + By 1 + C
2

A +B

m 1 - m2
1 + m1 m2

mx 2 + nx 1
my 2 + ny 1
,y=
m +n
m +n

1.

Prove that the triangle formed by joining the points A(-2, 3), B(0, 8) and C(2, 3) is
isosceles.

2.

Prove that the points (-1, 4), (5, 8) and (2, 6) are collinear.

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Coordinate Methods in Geometry (Cont.)


3.

Prove that A (-3, -2), B (1, 0), C (3, -3) and D (-1, -5) are the vertices of a parallelogram.

4.

If A = (2a, 0), O = (0, 0) and B = (0, 2b)


(a) Find distance AB.
(b) Find the midpoint of AB.
(c) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB.

5.

Prove that O (0, 0), P (2, 2b), Q (2a + 2, 2b) and R (2a, 0) are the vertices of a parallelogram.

6.
7.

Show that the lines: 2x - y - 3 = 0, x + 4y + 3 = 0 and 4x - 2y - 6 = 0 are concurrent.


For the lines
x + 2y - 4 =
y = 2x + 7
y = 4x + 2
2x - y + 5 =
0
x - 2y + 5 =
y = - 4x + 3
0
y
=
2x
+
6
0
x + 2y + 9 = 0
(a) Which lines are parallel?
(b) Which lines are perpendicular?

8.

If A = (-2, 8) and B = (4, 6) nd


(a) M, the midpoint of AB
(b) the gradient of AB
(c) the equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB
(d) the point C where this line crosses the y-axis
(e) the point P which divides AC in the ratio 1:3
(f) the angle between the lines AC and CM

(g) the perpendicular distance from B to the x-axis.

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