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1 The gradient of the line passing through the points with coordinates(−5, −8) and
(7, −16) is
A −12
1
B 1−
12
1
C −
21
2
D −
3
3
E
2

2 The gradient of the line passing through points with coordinates (3a, 2a) and (4a, −3a)
is
A a
B −5a
C 1
D −5
E 7

3 The equation of the straight line with gradient 2 and which passes through the point
with coordinate (1, 5) is
A y=x+5
B y = 2x + 3
C y = 2x + 5
1
D y=− x+5
2
1
E y=− x+1
2

4 The equation of the straight line that passes through the points with coordinates
(−5, −4) and (3, 12) is
A y = 2x − 21
1
B y= x+9
2
1
C y= x+6
2
D y = 2x + 6

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E y=− x+9
2

5 The line with equation y = 2x – 8 passes through the point with coordinates (a, 2). The
value of a is
A 2
B 5
C 8
D –8
E –2

6 The equation of the straight line in the diagram is

y
A 2y + 3x = 6
B 3x + 2y = 1 3
C 2x + 3y = 1
D y = –3x + 2
x y 0 2 x
E + =1
3 2

x
7 The line with equation y = mx + c is perpendicular to the line with equation y = 4 – .
3
The value of m is
A –3
1
B
3
C 3
−1
D
3
1
E –
4

8 The tangent of the angle between the line with equation 2y = 5 – 3x and the positive
direction of the x-axis is
A −3
3
B −
2
3
C
2

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D
3
E 3

9 Which of the following points lies on both the line with equation y = 3x + 6 and the line
with equation 4x + y = 13?
A (0, 6)
B (9, 2)
1
C (– , 0)
2
D (1, 9)
E (2, 5)

10 The equation of the line that passes through the point (5, 9) and is parallel to the line
y = 3x + 7 is
1 1
A y=− x+7
3 3
1
B y=− x+7
3
C y = 3x − 6
D y = 3x + 7
E y = 3x + 9

11 The equation of the line passing through the point (−2, 3) and perpendicular to the line
y = 4x + 1 is
1
A y=− x+1
4
1 1
B y=− x+2
4 2
C y = 4x + 1
D y = 4x + 3
E y = 4x + 11

12 The coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment AB, where A has coordinates
(2, 10) and B has coordinates (5, 2), are
A (3, 6)
B (3.5, 6)
C (4, 6)
D (4, 5)
E (4, 4)

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13 If (6, 5) is the midpoint of the line joining (x, 4) and (3, y) then x + y equals
A 13
B 15
C 11
D 7
E 9

14 ABCD is a parallelogram with A and C diagonally opposite. The coordinates of A, B

and C are respectively (–3, –2), (1, –5) and (9, 1). The sum of the coordinates of point
D is
A 13
B 1
C 3
D 2
E 9

15 A has coordinates (5, 0) and B has coordinates (0, 7). The equation of the line
perpendicular to AB and passing through B is
5
A y=− x+5
7
B 5y = 7x + 7
C 5y = 7x + 5
D 7y + 5x = 7
5
E y= x+7
7

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ANSWERS:
1: D
2: D
3: B
4: D
5: B
6: A
7: C
8: B
9: D
10: C
11: B
12: B
13: B
14: E
15: E