COORDINATE GEOMETRY
Short Answer Type – I Questions
1. AOBC is a triangle whose three vertices are A(0,3), O(0,0) and B(5,0). Find the length of
its diagonal.
2. If (3,2), (6,3), (x,y) and ( 6,5) are the vertices of a parallelogram, then find the value of
x+y.
3. The point which divides the line segment joining the points (7,-6) and (3,4) in ratio 1:2
internally lies in which quadrant?
4. If A(5,-1), B(3,-2) and C(-1,8) are the vertices of ∆ABC, find the length of median through
A.
5. Find the length of x for which the distance between the points P(2,-3) and Q(x,5) is 10
units.
6. Find the coordinates of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points
A(1,5) and B(4,6), cuts the y-axis.
7. A line intersects the y-axis and x-axis at the points P and Q respectively. If (2,-5) is the
mid-point of PQ, then find the coordinates of P and Q.
8. Find the value of ‘a’ so that point (3,a) lies on the line segment represented by 2x-3y=5.
9. If the mid-point of the line segment joining the points P(6, b-2) and Q(-2,4) is (2,-3), then
find the value of b.
10. Find the coordinates of the centroid of a triangle whose vertices are (0,3), (8,0) and (4,6).
Short Answer Type – II Questions
11. Find the distance between the points: (a-b, a+b) and (-a-b, a-b)
12. Find the positive value of m for which the distance between the points A(5,-3) and
B(13,m) is 10 units.
13. The x-coordinate of a point P is twice is y-coordinate. If P is equidistant from Q(2,-5)
and R(-3, 6), Find the coordinates of P.
14. Find the ratio in which P(4,m) divides the line segment joining the points A(2,3) and
B(6, -3). Hence find m.
15. Find the ratio in which the segment joining the points (1,-3) and (4,5) is divided by x-
axis. Also find the coordinates of this point on x-axis.
16. The mid-point of the line segment joining points A(x, y+1) and B(x+1, Y+2) is C. Find
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the value of x and y if the coordinates of C are (2 , 2).
17. Find the values of a, if the distance between the points A(-3, -14) and B(a, -5) is 9 units.
18. Find the point which is equidistant from the points A(-5,4) and B(-1,6)? How many such
points are there?
19. Find the points on the x-axis which are at a distance of 2√5 units from the point (7, -4).
How many such points are there?
20. If P(9a-2, -b) divides the line segment joining A(3a+1, -3) and B(8a,5) in the ratio 3:1, find
the values of a and b.
21. The line segment joining the points A(2,1) and B(5, -8) is trisected at the points P and Q
such that P is nearer to A. If P also lies on the line given by 2x-y+k=0, find the value of
k.
22. In what ratio does the x-axis divide the line segment joining the points (-4, -6) and
(-1,7)? Find the coordinates of the point of division.
23. Points P and Q trisect the line segment joining the points A(-2,0) and B(0,8) such that P
is nearer to A. Find the coordinates of points P and Q.
24. In the given figure, ABC is a triangle. D and E are the mid-points of the sides BC and
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AC respectively. Find the length of DE. Prove that DE= 2 AB.
B(2,-2)
A(4,-2) C(-6, -1)
E
25. If A(4, -8), B(3,6) and C(5,-4) are the vertices of a ∆ABC, D(4,1) is the mid-point of BC
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and P is a point on AD joined such that 𝑃𝐷 = 2, find the coordinates of P.
Long Answer Type Questions
26. Points P, Q, R and S in this order, divide a line segment joining A(2,6) and B(7,-4) in five
equal parts. Find the coordinates of P and R.
27. The centre of a circle is (2a, a-7). Find the values of a if the circle passes through the
point(11,-9) and has diameter 10√2 units.
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28. A point P divides the line segment joining the points A(3, -5) and B(-4,8) such that 𝑃𝐵 =
𝑘
. If P lies on the line x+y=0, then find the value of k.
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29. Find the coordinates of point R on the line segment joining the points P(-1, 3) and Q(2,5),
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such that PR=5 PQ.
30. Prove that the points A(2,3), B(-2,2), C(-1,-2) and D(3,-1) are the vertices of a square
ABCD.
31. If A(-2,1), B(a,0), C(4,b) and D(1,2) are the vertices of a [parallelogram ABCD, find values
of a and b. Hence, Find the lengths of its sides.
