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TUTORIAL 6: CONIC SECTIONS

1. The vertices of a triangle are 𝐴(0,2), 𝐵(1,5), 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶(−1,4). Find

a) the perimeter of the triangle
b) the coordinates of D such that AD is a median of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶.
(The median of a triangle is the line from a vertex to midpoint of
the opposite side)
c) the length of AD.
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Ans: a) 7.63 b) (0,4 2) c) 2 2
2. Show that the lines OA and OB are perpendicular where A and B are the points (4,3) and
(3, −4) respectively.

3. M is the midpoint of the line joining A to B. the coordinates of A and M are (5,7) and (0,2)
respectively. Find coordinates B.
Ans: (−5, −3)
4.
𝐶(4, 8)
𝐷(𝑎, 𝑏)
𝐵(5, 7)
𝐴(1, 3)
𝑂
𝐴(1,3), 𝐵(5, 7), 𝐶(4, 8), 𝐷(𝑎, 𝑏) form a rectangle ABCD. Find a and b.
Ans: 𝑎 = 0, 𝑏 = 4
5.
𝐴(1, 5)

𝑂
𝐵(4, −1)
𝐶(−2, −4)

The triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 has its vertices at the points 𝐴(1,5), 𝐵(4, −1), 𝐶(−2, −4).
a) show that ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is right-angled.
b) find the area of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶.
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Ans: 22 2 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡.
6. Find, in term of 𝑎 and 𝑏, the length of the line joining (𝑎, 𝑏) and (2𝑎, 3𝑏).
Ans: √𝑎2 + 4𝑏2
7. A point 𝑃(𝑎, 𝑏) is equidistant from the y-axis and the point (4, 0). Find a relationship
between 𝑎 and 𝑏.
Ans: 𝑏2 = 8𝑎 − 16
8. Find the equation of the perpendicular height from (5, 3) to the line 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 4 = 0.
Ans: 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 11 = 0

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9. The points A(1, 4) and 𝐵(5, 7) are two adjacent vertices of a parallelogram 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷. The point
𝐶(7, 10) is another vertex of the parallelogram. Find the equation of the side 𝐶𝐷.
𝐶(7, 10)

𝐷
𝐵(5, 7)

𝐴(1, 4)

𝑂
Ans: 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 19 = 0
10. The coordinates of point 𝑃 are (𝑡 + 1, 2𝑡 − 1). Sketch the position of P when 𝑡 =
−1,0,1 and 2. Show that these points are collinear and write down the equation of the line on
which they lie.
Ans: 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 3
11.

The three points 𝐴(3, 8), 𝐵(6, 2) and 𝐶(10, 2) are shown in the diagram. The point 𝐷 is such
that the 𝐷𝐴 is perpendicular to 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐷𝐶 is parallel to 𝐴𝐵. Calculate the coordinates of 𝐷.
Ans: (6.2, 9.6)
12. The center of a circle is at the point 𝐶(3,7) and the point 𝐴(5, 3) is on the circumference of the
circle. Find
a) the radius of the circle
b) the equation of the line through 𝐴 that is perpendicular to 𝐴𝐶.

𝐶(3, 7)

𝐴(5,3)
𝑂
Ans: a) √20 b) 𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 1 = 0
13. The lines 𝑦 = 2𝑥, 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 12 = 0 and 𝑦 = 2 enclose a triangular region of the xy-plane.
Find
a) the coordinates of the vertices of this region
b) the area of this region.
Ans: a) (1,2), (5,2), (3,6) b) 8

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12 𝑐𝑚
5 𝑐𝑚
13 𝑐𝑚

14. Two circles of radius 5 cm and 12 cm overlap so that the distance between their centers is
13cm. find the perimeter of the shape.
Ans: a) 85.6 𝑐𝑚

15.
𝑂
𝑟
𝜃
𝐴 𝐵
The diagram shows a circle center 𝑂, radius 𝑟. ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 𝜃 radians. The area of ∆𝐴𝑂𝐵 is
3
twice the area of the shaded segment. Show that 𝜃 = sin 𝜃.
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16. Write the equation of each of the circles that satisfies the stated conditions.
Express the equations in the form 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝐷𝑥 + 𝐸𝑦 + 𝐹 = 0.
a) Center at (3, 0) and 𝑟 = 3.
b) Center at the origin and 𝑟 = 7.
c) Tangent to the 𝑥- axis, a radius of length 4 and abscissa (𝑥 coordinate) of center is −3.
d) 𝑥 intercept of 6, 𝑦 intercept of −4 and passes through the origin.
e) Tangent to both axes, a radius of 6 and the center in the third quadrant.
Ans: a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 6𝑥 = 0, b) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 49 = 0 c) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 6𝑥 − 8𝑦 + 9 = 0, 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 6𝑥 + 8𝑦 + 9 = 0
d) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 6𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 0 e) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 12𝑥 + 12𝑦 + 36 = 0
17. Find the center and the length of the radius of each of the circles.
a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 6𝑥 − 10𝑦 + 30 = 0
b) 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 − 8𝑦 − 11 = 0
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Ans: a) (3, 5), 2 b)(2 , 1) , 2
18. Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of each of the following circles with the
corresponding straight lines.
a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 8𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 8 = 0 and 𝑦 = 7𝑥 + 2
b) 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 + 10𝑥 − 6𝑦 − 31 = 0 and 𝑦 = 5𝑥 + 15
Ans: a)(−1, −5), (0, 2) b) (−1,10), (−4, −5)
19. Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of each of the following pairs of circles.
a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 3𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 4 = 0 and 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 𝑥 + 4𝑦 − 7 = 0
b) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 5𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 4 = 0 and 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 + 6𝑦 − 12 = 0
Ans: a)(2, 1), (−1, −5) b) (5, 1), (2, 2)
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20. The circle 𝐶 has equation 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 18𝑥 − 6𝑦 + 45 = 0.
a) Find the radius of 𝐶 and the coordinates of its points of its center 𝑃.
b) Show that the line 𝑦 = 2𝑥 is a tangent to 𝐶 and find the coordinates of its point
of contact 𝑄.
c) Show that the tangent to 𝐶 at the points 𝑅(6, 9) has equation 𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 12 = 0.
d) Given that the tangent to 𝐶 at 𝑄 and 𝑅 meet at 𝑆, show that 𝑄𝑆 = √5.
Ans: a)3√5, (9, 3)

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21. Sketch the following parabolas showing clearly the focus and directrix of each one.
a) (𝑦 − 2)2 = 4(𝑥 − 3) b) (𝑦 + 2)2 = 8(𝑥 − 1)
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c) 𝑦 + 8𝑦 = 4𝑥 − 12
Ans: a) 𝐹(4, 2), 𝑥 = 2 b) 𝐹(3, −2), 𝑥 = −1 c) 𝐹(0, −4), 𝑥 = −2
22. Find the equation of each of the following parabola in the standard form. State the coordinates
of their focus and equations of the directrix. Sketch their graphs.
a) 𝑦 2 − 4𝑦 − 6𝑥 = 8 b) 𝑦 2 − 2𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 3
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Ans: a) 𝐹 (− 2 , 2) , 𝑥 = − 2 b) 𝐹 (− 2 , 1) , 𝑥 = − 2
23. Find the equations of the parabolas that satisfy the following conditions:
a) symmetric to the y-axis and passing through the points (1, 1), (1, −3) and (−2, 0).
b) symmetric to the y-axis and passing through the points (0,4), (0, −1) and (6,1).
Hint : Simultaneous equations