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1 Solutions to this question by accurate drawing will not be accepted.

Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points (4, - 7 ) and ( - 8 , 9). [4]

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2 The curves y = x 2 and y 2 = 27x intersect at O(0, 0) and at the point A. Find the equation of the
perpendicular bisector of the line OA. [8]

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3 (a) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points (12, 1) and (4, 3),
giving your answer in the form y = mx + c . [5]

(b) The perpendicular bisector cuts the axes at points A and B. Find the length of AB. [3]

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The perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points e- 3, o and b6, - l passes through the
2 7
4
3 3
point (2, k). Find the value of k. [4]

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5 (a) A straight line passes through the points (4, 23) and (-8, 29). Find the point of intersection, P, of
this line with the line y = 2x + 5. [5]

(b) Find the distance of P from the origin. [2]

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6 A line, L, has equation 4x + 5y = 9 . Points A and B have coordinates ( - 6 , 7) and (1, 9) respectively.
Find the equation of the line parallel to L which passes through the mid‑point of AB. [3]

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7 Solutions to this question by accurate drawing will not be accepted.

The points A and B are (4, 3) and (12, −7) respectively.

(a) Find the equation of the line L, the perpendicular bisector of the line AB. [4]

(b) The line parallel to AB which passes through the point (5, 12) intersects L at the point C. Find the
coordinates of C. [4]

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8 The points A, B and C have coordinates (2, 6), (6, 1) and (p, q) respectively. Given that B is the mid‑point
of AC, find the equation of the line that passes through C and is perpendicular to AB. Give your answer
in the form ax + by = c , where a, b and c are integers. [5]

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9 The straight line y = 3x - 11 and the curve xy = 4 - 3x - 2x 2 intersect at the points A and B.
The point C, with coordinates (a, - 8 ) where a is a constant, lies on the perpendicular bisector of the
line AB. Find the value of a. [8]

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10 The point A has coordinates (1, 4) and the point B has coordinates (5, 6). The perpendicular bisector of
AB intersects the x-axis at the point C and the y-axis at the point D. Given that O is the origin, find the
area of triangle OCD. [5]

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11 Solutions by accurate drawing will not be accepted.

The points A and B have coordinates (- 2, 4) and (6, 10) respectively.

(a) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line AB, giving your answer in the form
ax + by + c = 0 , where a, b and c are integers. [4]

The point C has coordinates (5, p) and lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB.

(b) Find the value of p. [1]

It is given that the line AB bisects the line CD.

(c) Find the coordinates of D. [2]

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12 The line AB is such that the points A and B have coordinates (- 4, 6) and (2, 14) respectively.

(a) The point C, with coordinates (7, a) lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB. Find the value of a.
[4]

(b) Given that the point D also lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB, find the coordinates of D such
that the line AB bisects the line CD. [2]

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13 The line x + 2y = 10 intersects the two lines satisfying the equation x + y = 2 at the points A and
B.

(a) Show that the point C (- 5, 20) lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line AB. [8]

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(b) The point D also lies on this perpendicular bisector. M is the mid-point of AB. The distance CD is
three times the distance of CM. Find the possible coordinates of D. [4]

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14 The points A(5, - 4 ) and C(11, 6) are such that AC is the diagonal of a square, ABCD.

(a) Find the length of the line AC. [2]

(b) (i) The coordinates of the centre, E, of the square are (8, y). Find the value of y. [1]

(ii) Find the equation of the diagonal BD. [3]

(iii) Given that the x‑coordinate of B is less than the x‑coordinate of D, write EB and ED as
column vectors. [2]

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15 The points A and B have coordinates (2, 5) and (10, -15) respectively. The point P lies on the
perpendicular bisector of the line AB. The y-coordinate of P is -9 .

(a) Find the x-coordinate of P. [5]

(b) The point R is the reflection of P in the line AB. Find the coordinates of R. [2]

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16 Points A and C have coordinates (- 4, 6) and (2, 18) respectively. The point B lies on the line AC such
2
that AB = AC.
3

(a) Find the coordinates of B. [2]

(b) Find the equation of the line l, which is perpendicular to AC and passes through B. [2]

(c) Find the area enclosed by the line l and the coordinate axes. [2]

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17 The curves y = x 2 + x - 1 and 2y = x 2 + 6x - 2 intersect at the points A and B.

(a) Show that the mid-point of the line AB is (2, 9). [5]

The line l is the perpendicular bisector of AB.

(b) Show that the point C (12, 7) lies on the line l. [3]

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(c) The point D also lies on l, such that the distance of D from AB is two times the distance of C from
AB. Find the coordinates of the two possible positions of D. [4]

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18 The coordinates of points A and B are (- 5, 6) and (4, - 6) respectively. The point C lies on the line AB,
AC 1
between A and B, such that = .
CB 2
(a) Find the coordinates of C. [2]

(b) The line CD is perpendicular to AB. Find the equation of CD in the form y = mx + c . [4]

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(c) The length of BD is 125. Find the coordinates of the two possible positions of point D. [6]

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The straight line y = 2x + 1 intersects the curve y + xy + 3x 2 = 15 at the points A and B. The point
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C with coordinates e , k o lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB.
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(a) Find the exact value of k. [8]

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(b) The point D lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB such that its perpendicular distance from AB
is twice that of the point C from AB. Find the possible coordinates of D. [4]
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 Answers

Q1. S20/qp23/q1

Q2. S21/qp21/q5
Q3. W20/qp22/q3(a)(b)

Q4. W23/qp13/q2
Q5. W23/qp22/q1(a)(b)

Q6. M22/qp22/q1
Q7. S20/qp22/q5(a)(b)
Q8. S22/qp23/q3
Q9. S23/qp13/q4

Q10. S24/qp23/q1
Q11. M20/qp12/q6

Q12. M21/qp12/q3
Q13. S21/qp13/q11
Q14. S21/qp22/q6

Q15. S23/qp11/q3
Q16. W21/qp11/q2
Q17. W21/qp13/q8
Q18. W22/qp22/q11
Q19. W24/qp13/q8