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Example Question #82 : Coordinate Geometry

In the xy -plane, line l is given by the equation 2x - 3y = 5. If line l passes through the point (a ,1), what is the value of a ?

Possible Answers:

-1

-2

Correct answer: 4

Explanation:

The equation of line l relates x -values and y -values that lie along the line. The question is asking for the x -value of a point on the line whose y -value is 1, so we are looking for the x -value on the line when the y-value is 1. In the equation of the line, plug 1 in for y and solve for x:

2x - 3(1) = 5

2x - 3 = 5

2x = 8

x = 4. So the missing x-value on line l is 4.

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Example Question #91 : Lines

The equation of a line is: 2x + 9y = 71

Which of these points is on that line?

Possible Answers:

(-2,7)

(4,7)

(4,-7)

(-4,7)

(2,7)

Correct answer:

(4,7)

Explanation:

Test the difference combinations out starting with the most repeated number. In this case, y = 7 appears most often in the answers. Plug in y=7 and solve for x. If the answer does not appear on the list, solve for the next most common coordinate.

2(x) + 9(7) = 71

2x + 63 = 71

2x = 8

x = 4

Therefore the answer is (4, 7)

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Example Question #24 : Psat Mathematics

Which of the following lines contains the point (8, 9)?

Possible Answers:

$\dpi{100} \small 8x=9y$

$\dpi{100} \small 3x+6=2y$

$\dpi{100} \small 3x+6=y$

$\dpi{100} \small 8x+9=y$

$\dpi{100} \small 3x-6=2y$

Correct answer:

$\dpi{100} \small 3x-6=2y$

Explanation:

In order to find out which of these lines is correct, we simply plug in the values $\dpi{100} \small x=8$ and $\dpi{100} \small y=9$ into each equation and see if it balances.

The only one for which this will work is $\dpi{100} \small 3x-6=2y$

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Example Question #92 : Lines

$\dpi{100} \small 5x+25y = 125$

Which point lies on this line?

Possible Answers:

$\dpi{100} \small (1,5)$

$\dpi{100} \small (5,5)$

$\dpi{100} \small (5,4)$

$\dpi{100} \small (1,4)$

$\dpi{100} \small (5,1)$

Correct answer:

$\dpi{100} \small (5,4)$

Explanation:

$\dpi{100} \small 5x+25y = 125$

Test the coordinates to find the ordered pair that makes the equation of the line true:

$\dpi{100} \small (5,4)$

$\dpi{100} \small 5 (5) + 25 (4) = 25 + 100 = 125$

$\dpi{100} \small (1,5)$

$\dpi{100} \small 5(1)+25(5)= 5+125=130$

$\dpi{100} \small (5,1)$

$\dpi{100} \small 5(5)+25(1)= 25+25=50$

$\dpi{100} \small (5,5)$

$\dpi{100} \small 5(5)+25(5)= 25+125=150$

$\dpi{100} \small (1,4)$

$\dpi{100} \small 5(1)+25(4)= 5+100=105$

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Example Question #31 : Psat Mathematics

Points D and E lie on the same line and have the coordinates $\left ( 1,2\right )$ and $\left ( 5,7\right )$ , respectively. Which of the following points lies on the same line as points D and E?

Possible Answers:

$\left ( 2,3.5\right )$

$\left ( 3,4.5\right )$

$\left ( 3,3.25\right )$

$\left ( 3,4\right )$

$\left ( 2,4\right )$

Correct answer:

$\left ( 3,4.5\right )$

Explanation:

The first step is to find the equation of the line that the original points, D and E, are on. You have two points, so you can figure out the slope of the line by plugging the points into the equation

$slope = \frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x} = \frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}$ .

$slope = \frac{7-2}{5-1} = \frac{5}{4}$

Therefore, you can get an equation in the line in point-slope form, which is

y-2 = 5/4(x-1) .

Plug in the answer options, and you will find that only the point $\left ( 3,4.5\right )$ solves the equation.

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Example Question #32 : Geometry

Which of the following points is on the line given by the equation $y=\frac{1}{2}x+3$ ?

Possible Answers:

(2,4)

(3,4)

(-1, 2)

(1,3)

(-2,0)

Correct answer:

(2,4)

Explanation:

In order to solve this, try each of the answer choices in the equation:

$y=\frac{1}{2}x+3$

For example, when we try (3,4), we find:

$4=\frac{1}{2}(3)+3$

4=1.5+3

4=4.5

This does not work. When we try all the choices, we find that only (2,4) works:

$y=\frac{1}{2}x+3$

$4=\frac{1}{2}(2)+3$

4=1+3

4=4

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Example Question #561 : Geometry

One line has four collinear points in order from left to right A, B, C, D. If AB = 10’, CD was twice as long as AB, and AC = 25’, how long is AD?

Possible Answers:

30'

45'

50'

35'

40'

Correct answer:

45'

Explanation:

AB = 10 ’

BC = AC – AB = 25’ – 10’ = 15’

CD = 2 * AB = 2 * 10’ = 20 ’

AD = AB + BC + CD = 10’ + 15’ + 20’ = 45’

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Example Question #1 : Distance Formula

What is the distance between (1, 4) and (5, 1)?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Let P₁ = (1, 4) and P₂ = (5, 1)

Substitute these values into the distance formula:

The distance formula is an application of the Pythagorean Theorem: a² + b² = c²

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Example Question #1 : Distance Formula

What is the distance of the line drawn between points (–1,–2) and (–9,4)?

Possible Answers:

√5

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The answer is 10. Use the distance formula between 2 points, or draw a right triangle with legs length 6 and 8 and use the Pythagorean Theorem.

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Example Question #1 : Distance Formula

What is the distance between two points $\dpi{100} \small (6,14)$ and $\dpi{100} \small (-6,9)$ ?

Possible Answers:

$\dpi{100} \small 17$

$\dpi{100} \small 10\sqrt{3}$

$\dpi{100} \small 13$

$\dpi{100} \small 5$

$\dpi{100} \small -12$

Correct answer:

$\dpi{100} \small 13$

Explanation:

To find the distance between two points such as these, plot them on a graph.

Then, find the distance between the $\dpi{100} \small x$ units of the points, which is 12, and the distance between the $\dpi{100} \small y$ points, which is 5. The $\dpi{100} \small x$ represents the horizontal leg of a right triangle and the $\dpi{100} \small y$ represents the vertial leg of a right triangle. In this case, we have a 5,12,13 right triangle, but the Pythagorean Theorem can be used as well.

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