ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY I
In Cartesian coordinates, the
1. The distance between (5,-2) and (x,-6)
is 5. Find the x.
2. How far is the intersection of the
lines 4x – 5y = 26 and 3x + y +2 = 0
from the origin?
3. If (x,4) is equidistant from (5,-2) and
(3,4), find x.
4. The segment from (-1,4) to (2,-2) is
extended three times its own length.
Find the terminal point.
5. Determine the coordinates of the
point which is three-fifths of the way
from the point (2,-5) to the point (-3,5).
6. The line segment connecting (x,6)
and (9,y) is bisected by point (7,3).
Find the value of x and y.
7. Find the inclination of the line
passing through (5,3) and (10,7).
8. Let m1 and m2 be the respective
slopes of two perpendicular lines.
Then
9. If the points (-3,-5), (p,q), and (3,4) lie
on a straight line, then which of the
following is correct?
a. 2p - 3q = 1
b. p + q = -3
c. 3p – 2q = 1
d. 2p – q = 3
10. Given 3 vertices of a triangle whose
coordinates are A(1,1), B(3,-3), and
(5,-3). Find the area of the triangle.
11.
coordinates of a quadrilateral are
(1,1), (0,8), (4,5), and (-3,4). What is
the area?
12. Find the area of the polygon whose
vertices are at (2,-6), (4,0), (2,4), (-3,2),
and (-3,3).
13. Find the equation of a straight line
with a slope 3 and a y-intercept of 1.
14. What is the x-intercept of the line
passing through (1,4) and (4,1).
15. The equation of a line that intercepts
the x-axis at x = 4 and the y-axis at
y = -6 is:
16. What is the equation of the line that
passes through (-3,5) and is parallel
to the line 4x – 2y + 2 = 0?
17. The straight lines ax + by + c = 0 and
bx + cy + a = 0 are parallel. Which of
the following is true?
a.
18. Determine B such that 3x + 2y – 7 = 0
is perpendicular to 2x – By + 2 = 0.
19. What is the distance between line
x + 2y + 8 = 0 and the point (5,-2)?
20. Find the distance between the lines,
3x + y – 12 = 0 and 3x + y – 4 = 0.
21. What is the equation of the line
through (-3,5) which makes an angle
of 45 degrees with the line 2x + y = 12?
22. Determine the acute angle between
the lines y – 3x = 2 and y – 4x = 9.
 23. Find the measure of angle A in
triangle ABC with vertices at A(7,4), B
(1,7), and C(-3,-4).
24. What is the equation of the line
bisector of the acute angle formed by
the intersection of the lines
4x + 3y – 24 = 0 and 5x – 12y + 30 = 0.
ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY II
1. What conic section is represented by
the equation 4x2 + 8x – y2 + 4y – 15 = 0?
2. What conic section is represented by
the equation x2 + 4y2 + 4xy + 2x – 10 = 0?
3. Determine the nature of the curve:
4x2 + 3y2 – 8x + 16y + 19 = 0.
4. Determine the nature of the curve:
x2 + y2 – 8x + 16y + 81 = 0.
5. Find the equation of the circle whose
center is at (3,-5) and whose radius is
4.
6. What is the center of the curve
x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y – 31 = 0.
7. What is the equation of a circle
whose ends of diameter are (10,2)
and (6,-4).
8. Find the value of k for which the
equation x2 + y2 + 4x – 2y – k = 0
represents a point circle.
9. The parabola y = -x2 + x + 1 opens:
10. Compute the focal length and the
length of latus rectum of parabola
y2 + 8x – 6y + 25 = 0
11. A cable suspended from supports
that are the same height and 600 feet
apart has sag of 100 feet. If the cable
hangs in the form of a parabola, find
its equation.
12. An arch 18 m high has the form of a
parabola with a vertical axis. The
length of a horizontal beam placed
across the arch 8 m from the top is 64
m. Find the width of the arch at the
bottom.
13. Find the major axis of the ellipse
x2 + 4y2 - 2x - 8y + 1 = 0.
14. The semi-major axis of an ellipse is 4
and its semi-minor axis is 3. The
distance from the center to the
directrix is:
15. An ellipse has an eccentricity of 1/3.
Compute the distance between
directrices if the distance between
foci is 4.
16. The major axis of the elliptical path in
which the earth moves around the
sun is approximately 186,000,000
miles and the eccentricity of the
ellipse is 1/60. Determine the apogee
of the earth.
17. Find the eccentricity of the curve
9x2 – 4y2 – 36x + 8y = 4.
18. Find the length of the latus rectum of
9x2 – 4y2 – 36x + 16y - 16 = 0.
19. The distance between foci of a
hyperbola is 18 and the distance
between directrices is 2. What is the
eccentricity of the hyperbola?
20. Find the eccentricity of a hyperbola
whose transverse and conjugate axes
are equal in length.

21. Find the equation of the asymptote

of the hyperbola 4x2 – 9y2 = 36.