MATHEMATICS – ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

PROBLEM SET # 7
INSTRUCTION: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer of your choice.
MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. Find the slope of the line defined by y – 3x = 5.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
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2. Find the equation of a line with slope = 2 and y-intercept = 5.
A. y = 2x + 5 B. y = 3x + 6 C. y = 4x + 7 D. y = 5x + 8
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3. What is the general form of the equation for a line whose x-intercept is 4 and y-intercept is -
5?
A. 5x – 4y – 20 = 0 C. 7x – 4y – 20 = 0
B. 5x – 6y – 20 = 0 D. 5x – 4y – 18 = 0

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4. What is the radius of the circle defined by x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y = 7?

A. 2.47 B. 4.47 C. 6.47 D. 8.47

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5. What are the coordinates of the center and the radius, respectively, of the following

equation for a circle? x2 + y2 + 12y – 2x + 1 = 0

A. (7, -6); 2 B. (4, -2); 4 C. (1, -6); 6 D. (-1, -3); 8

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6. What is the length of the line with slope 4/3, from the point (5, 4) to the y-axis?
A. 21/3 B. 23/3 C. 25/3 D. 27/3

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7. What is the equation of the ellipse with center at (0, 0) that passes through the points (2, 0),
(0, 4), and (-2, 0)?
A. x2/3 + y2/14 = 1 C. x2/5 + y2/18 = 1

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 B. x2/4 + y2/16 = 1 D. x2/6 + y2/20 = 1

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8. What is the equation of the circle passing through the (x, y) points (0, 0), (0, 6) and (-6, 0)?
A. (x + 3)2 + (y – 3)2 = 18 C. (x + 5)2 + (y – 5)2 = 18
B. (x + 4)2 + (y – 4)2 = 18 D. (x + 6)2 + (y – 6)2 = 18

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9. The x and y-coordinates of a particle moving in the x-y plane are x = 8 sint and y = 6cost.
Which of the following equations describes the path of the particle?
A. 9x2 + 10y2 = 900 C. 25x2 + 20y2 = 900
B. 16x2 + 15y2 = 900 D. 36x2 + 25y2 = 900

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10. What conic section is described by the following equation? 4x2 + y2 + 8x + 4y = 15

A. ellipse B. Circle C. Parabola D. hyperbola

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11. What is the radius of a sphere with a center at the origin and that passes through the point

(6, 3, 5)?
A. 2.37 B. 4.37 C. 6.37 D. 8.37

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12. Find the mid-point between (2, 5) and (-4, -5).

A. (-1, 1) B. (-1, 0) C. (-1,2) D. (-3,0)

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13. What is the angle between the x - axis and the line y = 0.8x?

A. 38.66o B. 34.23o C. 43.20o D. 59.34o

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14. Find the slope form of the line passing through the points (1.7, 3.4) and (8.3, 9.5)

A. y = 0.924x + 2.830 B. y = 1.924x + 3.830

C. y = 2.924x + 4.830 D. y = 0.924x + 1.830

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15. A line passing through (4, 3) has a slope of 5 and intersect at y-axis. Find the distance

from point (4, 3) to the point of intersection of the y-axis.

A. 16.39 B. 18.39 C. 22.39 D. 20.39

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16. Find the equation of the line passing through the point (2,1) and that is perpendicular to

the line passing through (3, -2) and (-6,5).

9𝑥 11 𝑥 11 9𝑥 15 9𝑥 11
A. 𝑦 = − B. 𝑦 = − C. 𝑦 = − D. 𝑦 = +
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

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17. Find the slope of line whose equation is y - 5x + 2 = 0.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

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18. Find the equation of line whose x-intercept is 2 and y-intercept is 3,

A. 3x + 2y = 8 B. 3x + 2y = 2 C. 3x + 2y = 4 D. 3x + 2y = 6

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19. The intercept of a straight line on the y-axis is -3. If (5,2) is a point on the straight line, the

slope of the straight line is

A. -3 B. 1 C. 5 D. 0

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20. The equation of a straight line passing through point (2,3) and slope of 1.

A. x - y = -1 B. x + 2y = 7 C. x - y = 3 D. x + y = 5
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21. Which of the following lines is perpendicular to a line with the equation y = ¼ x + 6?

A. y = 2x – 3 B. y = -4x + 6 C. x = 4y – 3 D. y = -1/4 x – 6

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22. Find the distance between 3x + 4y = 4 and point (0,5).

A. 2.8 B. 3.0 C. 3.2 D. 3.4

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23. Find the slope-intercept equation of a line that has y-intercept -4 and is parallel to the line

5x – 2y = 3.

A. y=5/2 x-4 B. y=5/2 x+4 C. y=5/2 y-4 D. y=5/2 x-5

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24. Find the equation of line with slope -6 and x-intercept at 4.

A. y = 6x + 24 B. y = -6x - 24 C. y = -6x + 20 D. y = -6x + 24

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25. Find the equation of line passing through (5, 8) and perpendicular to y-axis.

A. y = 5 B. y = 8 C. y = 3 D. y = 1

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26. Find the equation of the line whose y-intercept is -7 and whose slope is 4/3.

A. 4x - 3y - 21 = 0 B. 3x - 4y - 21 = 0 C. x - 2y + 21 = 0 D. 4x - 3y + 21 = 0

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27. The equation of the line through (1,2) parallel to the line 3x - 2y + 4 = 0 is:

A. 3x - 2y + 1 = 0 B. 3x + 2y + 1 = 0 C. 3x - 2y - 1 = 0 D. 3x + 2y - 1 = 0

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28. Find the distance between two parallel lines: 3x - 4y = 10 and 3x - 4y = 20.

A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 5
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29. What is the radius of the circle described by x2 - 2x + y2 - 2y - 4 = 0?

A. 1 B. 2.2 C. 2.45 D. 3

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30. Find the standard equation of circle whose center is at (1,2) and passes through (5,4).

A. x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y – 15 = 0 C. x2 - y2 – 2x – 4y – 18 = 0
B. x2 + y2 + 2x – 4y – 15 = 0 D. x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y + 15 = 0

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31. Find the center of the circle given by the equation x2 + y2 - 8x + 2y = 9.

A. (4, -0.5) B. (-4, 2) C. (-4, -1) D. (4, -1)

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32. What is the radius of a circle with the following equation? x2 - 6x + y2 - 4y - 12 = 0

A. 3.46 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
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33. What are the coordinates of the center of the curve x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y – 31 = 0?

A. (-1, -1) B. (-2, -2) C. (1, 2) D. (2, 1)

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34. The shortest distance from A (3, 8) to the circle x2 + y2 + 4x – 6y = 12 is equal to

A. 2.1 B. 2.3 C. 2.5 D. 2.7

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35. Find the equation of the circle that is circumscribed about the triangle whose vertices are (-

1, -3), (-2, 4) and (2, 1).

A. x2 + y2 + 3x + y – 10 = 0 B. x2 + y2 - 3x – y – 10 = 0
C. x2 + y2 + 3x – y + 10 = 0 D. x2 + y2 + 3x – y – 10 = 0

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36. Find the area of triangle formed by joining the points (4,1), (-6, 8) and (-3, -7)

A. 64.5 B. 74.5 C. 84.5 D. 94.5

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37. Determine the area of the triangle bounded by the straight lines x + 2y – 7

= 0, 3x – 4y – 1 = 0, and 2x – y + 6 = 0.
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25

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38. Find the eccentricity of a parabola whose equation is y2 = 4(x-5).

A. 0.5 B. 1.0 C. 2.0 D. 3.0

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39. Find the equation of parabola with focus at (-1,2) and directrix at y = -2

A. (x+1)2 = 10y B. (x+1)2 = 8y C. (x-1)2 = 8y D. (x+1)2 = -8y

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40. Which conic section is described by the following equation 9x2 + 16y2 + 54x - 64y = -1?

A. Ellipse B. Circle C. Parabola D. hyperbola

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41. Find the equation of the directrix of the parabola y2 = 16x.

A. x = 2 B. x = -2 C. x = 4 D. x = -4
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42. Find the equation of the axis of symmetry of the function y = 2x2 – 7x + 5.

A. 7x + 4 = 0 B. 4x + 7 = 0 C. 4x -7 = 0 D. x – 2 = 0

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43. In a Cartesian coordinate system, the vertices of a triangle are defined by the following

points: (-2, 0), (4, 0) and (3, 3). What is the area?
A. 8 sq. units B. 9 sq. units C. 10 sq. units D. 11 sq. units

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44. A line passes thru (1, -3) and (-4, 2). Write the equation of the line in slope intercept form.

A. y – 4 = x B. y = -x – 2 C. y = x – 4 D. y -2 = x
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45. Find the slope of a line having a parametric equation of x = 2 + t and y = 5 – 3t.

A. 2 B. 3 C. -2 D. -3

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46. Find the area of the triangle which the line 2x – 3y + 6 = 0 forms with the coordinate axis.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 2

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47. Find the equation of parabola with vertical axis; vertex at origin; passing through (-3, 2).

3 9 3 9
A. 𝑥 2 = 𝑦 B. 𝑥 2 = − 𝑦 C. 𝑥 2 = 𝑦 D. 𝑦 = 𝑦
2 2 2 7

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48. Find the equation of parabola with focus at (0, 4) and directrix at x = 6.

A. y2 + 8y – 12x + 20 = 0 C. y2 – 8y – 12x - 20 = 0
B. y2 – 8y + 12x + 20 = 0 D. y2 – 8y + 12x - 20 = 0

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49. The slope of a line is ½. The slope of the second line is -2/3. The lines intercept at the

point (3, 1). What is the acute angle between the lines?

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A. 27 degrees B. 50 degrees C. 60 degrees D. 80 degrees

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50. Find the equation of the normal to the circle x2 + y2 = 25 at (3, -4).

A. y = 4/3 x – 6 B. y = -2/3 x – 6 C. y = -4/3 x + 8 D. y = -4/3 x

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51. Find the equation of the line with slope of 2/3 and which passes through point of

intersection of the lines 4x – 2y +1 = 0 and x-2y + 4=0.

A. 4x-6y+9=0 B. 6x-4y+9=0 C. 6x-4y+11=0 D. 4x-6y+11=0
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52. Find the distance of the line 8x − 5y − 121 = 0 to point (1, 1)

A. 10.47 B. 11.36 C. 12.51 D. 13.87

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