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Solve the problems carefully.

1. If the distance between the points (5, - 2) and (1, a) is 5, find the values of a.

2. The class of math is mapped on a coordinate grid with the origin being at the center point
of the hall. Mary’s seat is located at the point (-4, 7) and Betty’s seat is located at (-2, 5).
How far is it from Mary’s seat to Betty’s seat?
3.  Find the values of a such that PQ = QR, where P, Q and R are the points whose
coordinates are (6, - 1), (1, 3) and (a, 8) respectively.
4. Find the points on the y-axis, each of which is at a distance of 13 units from the point (-5,
7).

5. Evan’s hometown is mapped on a coordinate grid with the origin being at City Hall.
Evan’s house is located at the point (8, 7) and his best friend’s house is located at (2, -1).
How far is it from Evan’s house to his best friend’s house?
6. Find the center of a circle whose diameter has endpoints (–1, –5) and (5, –1).
7. M(3, 8) is the midpoint of the line AB. A has the coordinates (-2, 3), Find the coordinates
of B.
8. In the standard xy-coordinate plane, point M with coordinates (5,4) is the midpoint of
AB, and B has coordinates (7, 3). What are the coordinates of A?

9. The town of Newton is mapped on a coordinate grid with the origin being at City Hall.
The café is located at the point (-3, 9) and the bookstore is located at (3, 1). Where is the
midpoint between the two stores located?
10. A certain university is mapped on a coordinate grid with the origin being at the library.
Math’s building is located at the point (1,5) and the History’s building is located at (4,9).
Where is the midpoint between the two buildings located? If your answer has a fraction
in it, leave it as a completely reduced, improper, fraction in the form “a/b”.
11. The segment joining F(-6,11) and G(3,4)is divided into four equal parts. Find all the
points of division.
12. If A and B be the points (1, 5) and (- 4, 7), then find the point P which
divides AB internally in the ratio 2: 3.
13. The line segment joining the (-5, -3) and (3, 4) is to be divided into five equal parts. Find
the point of division closest to (-5, -3).
14. Find the trisection points of the line joining (-6, 2) and (3, 8).
15. If the point (0, 4) divides the line-segment joining the points (- 4, 10) and (2, 1)
internally in a definite ratio, find the co-ordinate of the point which divides the segment
externally in the same ratio.
16. A telegraph pole fells against a building. The foot of the pole is 23 feet away from the
building and the top of the pole touches the building at a point 115 feet off the ground.
What is the slope of the pole?
17. Find the inclination of a line passing through (-5, 3) and (10, 7).
 18. Plot the points (0, 2) and (4, 3) and find slope.
19. Find the slope using points: (2, 2) and (-5, 4)
20. Find the equation of a line y= -5x – 1.
21. Write the coordinates of each point.

22. Plot and join the points D(1 , 1), E(1 , -2) , F(-5 , -2), G(-5 , 1) in order. Join the last
point to the first point to form a closed figure. Identify the figure and calculate its area in
square units.
item 23-25. Graph the following points on the given grid.
A (3 , 4)
B (-1, 4)
C (4, -2)
D (-5, -4)
E (2, 5)
F (-3, -1)
G (-3, 7)
H (6, -2)
I (2 , 0)
J (0 , -4)