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Secondary 4E Lower Secondary Revision- Coordinate Geometry

Formulae:

Vocabulary that you must know:

 Coordinates
 x-intercept
 y-intercept
 Parallel lines

A. Gradient = _____________________________________

B. Equation of straight line = _____________________________________

C. Length of a straight line = _____________________________________

A1. Gradient given two sets of coordinates

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(a) 2 (b) −0.5 (c) −3
(d) 5 1 2
(e) (f)
3 5

A2. Gradient given two sets of coordinates in an image

Answers
 −1 1
(a) (b)
2 2

A3. Working backwards if Gradient is given

Answers
(a) a=5 (b) b=9 (c) h=2.5

B1. Interpretation of y = mx+c

Express each of the following in gradient-intercept form. Then, write down gradient (m) and y-intercept (c).
Answers
(a) m=−1 , c=5 (b) m=0.5 , c=4 (c) m=3 , c=−15
−2 (e) m=2 , c=1.75 −1 3
(d) m= , c=2 (f) m= , c=
3 2 4

B2. Working out y = mx+c in images

Write down the equation of the following lines:

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2 (d) y=−6 (h) y=3 x +6
(b) y= x x=−3.5
3 (f)
 B3. Working out y = mx+c with gradient and one set of coordinate given
Write down the equation of the following lines given gradient (m) and one set of coordinate:

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(a) y=2 x +1 (b) y=3 x +8
y=−x+ 4
(c)
(d) y=−5 x−11 1 −1 2
(e) y= x−3 (f) y= x+
2 3 3

B4. Working out y = mx+c with two sets of coordinates given

Write down the equation of the following lines given two sets of coordinates:
Answers
(a) y=3 x +2 (b) y=−5 x +1 1
y= x +3
(c) 2
−2 (e) y=−4 x−9 −1
(d) y= x (f) x=
3 2

B5. Working out y = mx+c with parallel line and one coordinate given
Write down the equation of the following lines given parallel line and one coordinate:
Answers
(a) y=2 x−10 (b) y=−3 x −1
y=8 x −19
(c)
1 −3 1
(d) y= x−8 (e) y= x (f) y= x +2
4 2 2

B6. Working out y = mx+c with differing scenarios

Write down the equation of the following lines:
Answers
2 (b) y=8
(a) y= x x=−6
5 (c)

C. Calculating length of line

Calculate the distance between each of the following pairs of points:

a) A (1, 3) and B (4, 7) b) C (2, -3) and D (10, 3) c) E (-8, 0) and F (1, -1)
d) G (-7, 8) and H (-2, 20) e) I (-2, -3) and J (1, 5) f) K (-9, -6) and L (-11, -4)

Answers
a) 5 units b) 10 units c) 9.06 units
d) 13 units e) 8.54 units f) 2.83 units