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Practice sheet-Answer Scheme

Std: X Chapter11:Section Formulae
Subject: Mathematics

Q 1. Calculate the co-ordinates of the point P which divides the join of A(–4, 1) and
B(17,10) in the ratio 1: 2. Also, find the ratio in which the y-axis divide the line AB.
Answer P = (3, 4)
4 : 17
Q 2. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A(2,–5) and B(–3,10) is divided by y-
axis. Also find the co-ordinates of the point of intersection.
Answer 2:3
(0, 1)
Q 3. Find a point P on the line segment joining A(14, –5) and B(–4,4), which is twice as far
from A as from B.
Answer (2,1)
Q 4. Calculate the ratio in which the line joining A(6, 5) and B(4, – 3) is divided by the line
y = 2.
Answer 3: 5
Q 5. In what ratio does P(4, 6) divide the join of A(–2, 3) and B(6, 7)?
Answer 3:1
Q 6. In what ratio is the segment joining the points A(6, 5) and B(–3, 2) divided by the
y-axis? Find the point at which the y-axis divides the line AB.
Answer 2:1, (0, 3)
Q 7.  5
The line segment joining A  −1,  and B(a, 5) is intersected by the y-axis at the point
 3
P in the ratio 1 : 3. Find the value of a and the co-ordinates of P.
Answer  5
a = 3, P  0, 
 2

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Q 8. In the given figure, th line segment
AB meets x-axis at A and y-axis at B.
The point P(–3, 1) on AB divides it in
B

.
the ratio 2:3. Find the co-ordinates of
A and B. P (-3, 1)

Answer  5
A(–5,0) and B  0, 
 2
Q 9. A straight elastic string has one end fixed at A(2,5) and the other end is at B(1,0). AB
is stretched to C along the line AB such that AC = 3AB. Find the co-ordinates of C.
Answer (–1,–10)

Q 10. Find the points of trisection of the line segment joining the pints (0,0) and (4, -4).
Answer  4 4 8 8
 ,−   ,− 
 3 3 3 3
Q 11. Find the co-ordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining the points
A(5,–3) and B(2,–9).
Answer (4,–5) and (3,–7)

Q 12. P and Q are two point on the line joining A(2,4) and B(8,1) such that AP = PQ = QB.
Find the co-ordinates of P and Q.
Answer P (4, 3) and Q(6, 2)
Q 13. If P(–4, 5) is the midpoint of CD, find
the co-ordinates of C and D. D

A P ( -4, 5) .
C

Answer C(–8, 0) and D(0, 10)

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Q 14. The co-ordinates of A and B are (–3, a) and (1, a+4). The midpoint of AB is (–1,1).
Find the value of a.
Answer –1
Q 15. The point M with co-ordinates (5, 4) is the midpoint of AB, and B has co-ordinates
(7, 3). What are the co-ordinates of A?
Answer (3, 5)
Q 16. For a line segment DE, one endpoint is D(6, 5) and the midpoint M(4, 2). Find the
coordinates of the other endpoint, E.
Answer (2, –1)
Q 17. MN is a diameter of a circle, M(–3, 0) and N(1, 4). Find the co-ordinates of the centre
C. If PQ is another diameter of the circle and P (7,–4), find the co-ordinates of Q.
Answer C(–1, 2)
Q (–9, 8)
Q 18. The three vertices of a parallelogram are (–1, 0), (3, 1) and (2, 2). Find the fourth
vertex.
Answer (–2, 1)
Q 19. If the points A(–2, –1), B(1,0), C(a, 3) and D(1, b) form a parallelogram, find the value
of a and b.
Answer a=4,b=2
Q 20.  3
In the parallelogram ABCD, the midpoint of the diagonal AC is  −2,  If the vertex
 2
D has co-ordinates (0, 1), find the co-ordinates of B.
Answer (–4,2)
Q 21. The three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A(1, 4), B(5, 8) and C(6, –3). Find the
fourth vertex D.
Answer (2, –7)
Q 22. If A(–5, 4), B(–1,–2), C(5, 2) and D(x, y) are the vertices of a square, find the values
of x and y.
Answer x = 1, y = 8
Q 23. A(10, 5), B(6, –3) and C(2, 1) are the vertices of a triangle ABC. L and M are the
midpoints of AB and AC respectively. Write the co-ordinates of L and M.
Answer L (8, 1) and M(6, 3)

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Q 24. Let the vertices of a triangle be (–4, 1), (3, –4) and (1, 3). Prove that the centroid is its
origin.

Q 25. Two vertices of a triangle are (3, –5) and (–7,4). If its centroid is (2, –1), find the third
vertex.
Answer (10, –2)

Q 26. If origin is the centroid of triangle PQR, with P(4, k), Q(m, 9) and R(1, –6), find the
values of k and m.
Answer k = –3, m = –5
Q 27. Find the co-ordinates of the centroid of triangle ABC where A = (6, –3), B = (1, 5) and
C = (2, 1).
Answer (3, 1)
Q 28. If G(–2,1) is the centroid of triangle ABC, two of whose vertices are A(1,–6) and
B(–5, 2), find the third vertex of the triangle.
Answer (–2, 7)
Q 29. If ABC is a triangle with vertices A(–3,2), B(3,2) and C(–2, –3) and D, E and F are the
midpoints of the sides BC, CA and AB respectively then prove that the centroid of the
triangle ABC coincides with the centroid of triangle DEF.

Q 30. D, E and F are the midpoints of the sides BC, CA and AB of the triangle ABC. If
 7 5 1  1 
D = 1,  , E =  ,  and F =  − , −1 then find the centroid of the triangle ABC.
 2 2 2  2 
Answer (1, 1)

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