Topic 7
1) Determine the x – intercept and the y – intercept of each of the following straight lines.
1 2 3
X – intercept = X – intercept = X – intercept =
Y – Intercept = Y – Intercept = Y – Intercept =
8 ,9 -5, 3 2, -4
2) Find the gradient, m of each of the following pairs of points.
y2 − y1
m=
x 2 − x1
1 A(5, 4) B(9, 6) 2 P(3, -6), Q(-4, 8) 3 E(2, 3), F(8, 5)
1 -2 1
2 3
4 R(-1, 4), S(4, -6) 5 U(6, -5), V(-2, 3) 6 M(3, -2),
2), N(9, 1)
-2 -1 1
2
7 A(-5, 6), B(-4, -2) 8 P(4, 7), Q(8, 7) 9 X(5, 7), Y(5
5, -2)
-8 0 Undefined
3) Find the gradient, m of each of the following pairs of points.
y - intercept
m=−
x - intercept
1 2 3
−2 4 1
−
2
4 5 6
5 1 −2
−
6 2
4) For each of the following, find the equation of the straight line that has a gradient, m and passes through the point A.
1 m = 3, A(2, -5) 2 m = -2, A(-1, 7) 3 m = 1, A(-3, -5)
y = 3x − 11 y = −2 x + 5 y = x −2
4 3 5 6
m = − , A(0, 4)
4
3 y = −2 x − 6 y = 3x − 8
y=− x+4
4
5) Find the equation of the following straight lines which passes through two points, A and B.
1 A(2, 4), B(-2,12) 2 A(4, 3), B(2, 8) 3 A(3, -4),
), B(-6,2)
B(
y = −2x + 8 5 3y + 2x = −6
y = − x + 13 or 2y + 5x = 26
2
4 5 6
y = 4 x − 16 2y + x = 9 y = −3x − 5
6) Find the equation of the straight line in the intercept form, given the x – intercept and y – intercept respectively.
1 2 3
x y y x x y
+ =1 − =1 − =1
4 3 6 3 5 6
7) In each of the following equations, find the gradient, the x and y intercept.
1 y − 3x = 6 2 3 x + 2y = 6 3 2x + y + 8 = 0
m = 3, y intercept = 6, x intercept = -2 3 m = -2,y intercept = -8,x intercept = --4
m = − ,y intercept = 3,x intercept = 2
2
4 x y 5 x y 6 x y
+ =1 − =1 − + =1
4 3 5 10 2 8
3 m = 2 , y intercept = -10, x intercept = 5 m = 4, y intercept = 8, x intercept = -2
m= − ,y intercept = 3,x intercept = 4
4
8) Find the point of intersection of each of the following pairs of straight lines.
1 3x − 4y = 23 2 x + 2y = 6
2x + 3y = 4 3
x + y = −5
2
(5, -2) (-8, 7)
9) Determine whether each of the following pairs of straight lines are parallel or not.
1 x y 2 x y
+ =1 3y + 6 x = 2 − =1 3 x − 2y − 5 = 0
2 4 3 2
Parallel Not parallel
3 3 4 5y = 2x − 10 4 x + 10y = 3
y= x +7 4 y − 3x − 12 = 0
4
Parallel Not parallel
10) The following pairs of lines are parallel to each other. Find the value of k.
1 x y 2 k
y − 2kx = 5 + =1 3y + 6 x = 8 y= x −5
2 8 4
k = −2 k = −8
3 6 4 x y
y= x +7 4 x − 8y = 5 − =1 4 x − ky = 9
k 3 6
k = 12 k =2
11) Find the equation of the straight line parallel to the given line and passing through the given point.
1 2 x + 4 y = 3 , (-4, 6) 2 y − 3x = 6 , (5, -1)
1 y = 3x − 16
y=− x+4
2
3 x y 4 2y = x + 4 , (10, -5)
+ = 1 , (-8, 2)
4 3
3 1
y=− x −4 y = x − 10
4 2
5 2 6 2 x + 4y + 5 = 0 , (-6, -7)
y= x − 5 , (9, -2)
3
2 1
y =− x −8 y = − x − 10
3 2
12) Determine whether each of the following pairs of straight lines are perpendicular or not.
1 2 x + 3y = 6 2y = 3 x + 8 2 x y
− =1 4 y + 5x − 8 = 0
5 4
Perpendicular Perpendicular
3 3y = 2 x − 9 4 x + 6y − 12 = 0 4 x y
− + =1 4 x + 3y = 6
4 3
Not perpendicular Perpendicular
13) The following pairs of lines are perpendicular to each other. Find the value of h.
1 3x + 5y = 10 5x − hy − 2 = 0 2 2
y= x −5 y − 3hx = 4
3
h=3 1
h=−
2
3 x y 4 hx y
+ =1 hy = 2x + 5 + =1 2 x + 8y − 1 = 0
3 9 3 4
h=6 h = −3
14) Find the equation of straight line that passes through the given point and is perpendicular to the given line.
1 y = 3x − 4 , (6, -5) 2 2y = 5 − x , (-4, 1)
3y + x + 9 = 0 y = 2x + 9
3 4 x + 3y = 9 ,(-8, 5) 4 2
y+ x = 4 ,(2, 10)
3
3 3
y= x + 11 y= x+7
4 2
15) Given the coordinates of A and B, find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB.
1 A(1, 2) B(5, -4) 2 A(1,8), B(7, -4)
2 1
y = x −3 y= x
3 2
3 A(1, -3), B(-3, 5) 4 A(5, -2), B(3, 6)
2y − x = 3 1
y= x +1
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