Coordinate Geometry Review
1. Show that (1,3) lies on 3𝑥𝑥 − 2𝑦𝑦 = 3
2. Show that 𝐴𝐴(1,4), 𝐵𝐵(−2, −4) and 𝐶𝐶(7,20)
are collinear.
3. Consider the points 𝐴𝐴(1, −3), 𝐵𝐵(3,2), 𝐶𝐶(2,4)
and 𝐷𝐷(0, −1).
a) Show that the diagonals of 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴
bisect each other.
b) What type of quadrilateral can
you conclude 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 is?
4. Consider the points 𝐴𝐴(2,1) and 𝐵𝐵(5,2).
a) Find the point 𝐶𝐶 such that 𝐵𝐵 is the
midpoint of 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴.
b) Find the point 𝐷𝐷 such that 𝐷𝐷
bisects 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 externally in the ratio
2:3
c) How are 𝐴𝐴, 𝐶𝐶 and 𝐷𝐷 related to each
other geometrically?
5. Consider the lines 𝑥𝑥 − 2𝑦𝑦 = 5
𝑥𝑥
and 𝑦𝑦 = + 2
2
a) Explain why the lines are parallel.
b) Find the distance between the
lines
6. Draw a neat sketch of:
a) 𝑦𝑦 = 2(𝑥𝑥 − 1)2 − 2
b) 𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 1 = 2𝑥𝑥 − 𝑦𝑦
7. Consider the point 𝐴𝐴(2,3). The line 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶
passes through 𝐴𝐴 and has y-intercept at
𝐶𝐶 and x-intercept at 𝑇𝑇. Find the equation
of the line 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 such that the ratio of the
area of ∆𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 to the area of ∆𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 is 2: 3.
8. Draw an example of a circle that has 3
points of intersections with a parabola,
showing all 3 points of intersection.
9. Find the angle between the line 2𝑥𝑥 − 3𝑦𝑦 −
6 = 0 and the positive x axis.
10. How many points of intersection
do graphs of the following have:
𝑦𝑦 = 2𝑥𝑥 + 3
a) � 2
5𝑥𝑥 + 5𝑦𝑦 2 = 9
𝑦𝑦 = 2 − 𝑥𝑥 2
b) � 2
𝑥𝑥 + (𝑦𝑦 − 1)2 = 2
11. Find all points of intersection of
the graphs of 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 3 and 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥
12. Draw a neat sketch of the region
𝑦𝑦 < 2𝑥𝑥 − 1
defined by: �4𝑥𝑥 − 16𝑦𝑦 − 16 ≤ 0
𝑥𝑥 < 2
13. Find the area of the region in 12.