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Edexcel IGCSE Coordinate Geometry Practice Questions

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Coordinate 1 Geometry
1. The line l passes Practice
through the point A(2, 5) and has gradient – 2 .

(a) Find an equation of l1, giving your answer in the form y = mx + c.


(3)

The point B has coordinates (–2, 7).

(b) Show that B lies on l1.


(1)
(c) Find the length of AB, giving your answer in the form k√5, where k is an integer.
(3)

The point C lies on l1 and has x-coordinate equal to p.

The length of AC is 5 units.

(d) Show that p satisfies


p2 – 4p – 16 = 0.
(4)

2. The point A(–6, 4) and the point B(8, –3) lie on the line L.

(a) Find an equation for L in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.
(4)
(b) Find the distance AB, giving your answer in the form k√5, where k is an integer.
(3)
3.

Figure 1

The points A and B have coordinates (6, 7) and (8, 2) respectively.

The line l passes through the point A and is perpendicular to the line AB, as shown in Figure 1.

(a) Find an equation for l in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.
(4)

Given that l intersects the y-axis at the point C, find

(b) the coordinates of C,


(2)
(c) the area of ΔOCB, where O is the origin.
(2)
4.

Figure 2

The points Q (1, 3) and R (7, 0) lie on the line l1 , as shown in Figure 2.

The length of QR is a√5.

(a) Find the value of a.


(3)

The line l 2 is perpendicular to l1 , passes through Q and crosses the y-axis at the point P, as shown
in Figure 2. Find

(b) an equation for l 2 ,


(5)
(c) the coordinates of P,
(1)
(d) the area of ΔPQR.
(4)

5. The line L has equation y = 5 – 2x.

(a) Show that the point P (3, –1) lies on L.


(1)
(b) Find an equation of the line perpendicular to L, which passes through P. Give your answer
in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.
(4)
6. The line l1 has equation y = 3 x + 2 and the line l2 has equation 3 x + 2 y − 8 = 0 .

(a) Find the gradient of the line l2 .


(2)

The point of intersection of l1 and l2 is P.

(b) Find the coordinates of P.


(3)

The lines l1 and l2 cross the line y = 1 at the points A and B respectively.

(c) Find the area of triangle ABP.


(4)

7. The line l1 passes through the points P(–1, 2) and Q(11, 8).

(a) Find an equation for l1 in the form y = mx + c, where m and c are constants.
(4)

The line l2 passes through the point R(10, 0) and is perpendicular to l1. The lines l1 and l2 intersect at
the point S.

(b) Calculate the coordinates of S.


(5)
(c) Show that the length of RS is 3√5.
(2)
(d) Hence, or otherwise, find the exact area of triangle PQR.
(4)
8. Figure 2
y
A(1, 7) B(20, 7)

D(8, 2)

C( p, q)

The points A(1, 7), B(20, 7) and C( p, q) form the vertices of a triangle ABC, as shown in Figure 2.
The point D(8, 2) is the mid-point of AC.

(a) Find the value of p and the value of q.


(2)

The line l, which passes through D and is perpendicular to AC, intersects AB at E.

(b) Find an equation for l, in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.
(5)
(c) Find the exact x-coordinate of E.
(2)

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9. The line l1 passes through the point (9, –4) and has gradient 13 .

(a) Find an equation for l1 in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.
(3)

The line l2 passes through the origin O and has gradient –2. The lines l1 and l2 intersect at the
point P.

(b) Calculate the coordinates of P.


(4)

Given that l1 crosses the y-axis at the point C,

(c) calculate the exact area of OCP.


(3)

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