CHAPTER 7

COORDINATES GEOMETRY

Important Questions

1. Find the distance between the following pairs of points:

• (2,3), (4,1) • (a,b), (-a,-b)
2. The distance between point A(5,-3) and B(13,m) is 10 units. Calculate the value
of m.
3. If Q(0,1) is equidistant from P(5,-3) and R(x,6), find the value of x.
4. Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x,y) is equidistant from the
point (3,6) and (-3,4).
5. Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x,y) is equidistant from
the point (1,5) and (-2,3).
6. The distance of the point (𝛼, 𝛽) 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 ? ?
7. Point A(-1,y) and B(5,7) lie on a circle with centre O(2,-3y). The values of y are??
8. AOBC is a rectangle whose three vertices are vertices A(0,3), O(0,0) and B(5,0).
The length of its diagonal is
9. The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0,4), (0,0) and (3,0) is ??
10. If the point P(x,y) is equidistant from the points Q(a+b, b+a) and R(a-b, a+b), then
prove that bx=ay.
11. The distance between the points ( 𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃, 0) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (0, 𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑏𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃) is??
12. The point on the x-axis which is equidistant from points (-1,0) and (5,0) is ?
13. Find the point on y-axis which is equidistant from point (5, -2) and (-3, 2).
14. The x-coordinate of a point P is twice it’s y-coordinate. If P is equidistant from
Q(2,-5) and R(-3,6), then find the coordinates of P.
15. The distance between the points (0,2√5) and (-2√5,0) is ??
16. If the point P(k-1, 2) is equidistant from the point A(3,k) and B(k,5), find the values
of k.
17. Show that the points (1,1), (-1,5), (7,9) and (9,5) taken in the order are the vertices
of a rectangle. Also, find the area of the rectangle.
18. So that the points (a,a), (-a,-a) and (-√3𝑎, √3𝑎) are the vertices of an equilateral
triangle.
19. Prove that the points (0,0), (5,5) and (-5,5) are the vertices of a right isosceles
triangle.
20. Show that the points (1,-1), (5,2) and (9,5) are collinear.
21. If (0,-3) and (0,3) are the two vertices of an equilateral triangle, find the
coordinates of its third vertex.
22. Find the coordinates of the center of the circle passing through the points. (0,0),
(-2,1) and (-3,2). Also, find its radius.
23. Show that ∆ABC where A(-2,0), B(2,0), C(0,2) and ∆PQR, where P(-4,0), Q(4,0),
R(0,4) are similar.
24. Find the coordinates of the point P which divides the join of A(-2,5) and B(3,-5) in
the ratio 2:3.
25. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining point
(6,3) and (-4,5) in the ratio 3:2 internally.
26. Find the coordinates of the points which divide the line segment joining points
(5,7),and (8,10) in three equal parts.
27. If the point P(k,0) divides the line segment joining the points A(2,-2) and B(-7,4) in
the ratio 1:2, then the value of k is.
𝑥 𝑦+1
28. If the midpoint of the line segment joining A[2 , ]and B(x+1, y-3) is C(5,-2), find
2
x,y.
29. If the point P, Q(x,7), R, S(6,y) in this order divides the line segment joining A(2,p)
and B(7,10) in 5 equal parts, find x, y and p.
30. P(-2,5) and Q(3,2) are two points. Find the coordinates of the point R on PQ such
that PR=2QR.
31. If A and B are two points having coordinates (-2,-2) and (2,-4) respectively, find
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the coordinates of P such that AP= AB.
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32. If the point P(6,2) divides the line segment joining A(6,5) and B(4,y) in the ratio
3:1, then the value of y is ??
33. If (a, b) is the midpoint of the line segment joining the point A(10,-6) and B(k,4)
and a-2b=18, find the value of k.
34. 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.
35. If A(-1,3), B(1,-1) and C(5,1) are the vertices of a triangle ABC, find the length of
the median through A.
36. Find the ratio in which the point (2,y) divide the line segment joining the points A(-
2,2) and B(3,7). Also, find the value of y.
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37. Find the ratio in which the point P[ , ] divides the line segment joining point
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𝐴 [2 , 2] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 (2, −5).
38. In what ratio does the point (-4,6) divide the line segment joining points A(-6,10)
and B(3,-8)?
39. Find the ratio in which the y-axis divides the line segment joining the points (5,-6)
and (-1,-4). Also, find the coordinates of the point of division.
40. There vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A(3,-4), B(-1,-3) and C(-6,2). Find the
coordinates of vertex D.
41. In a parallelogram ABCD, A(3,1), B(5,1), C(a,b) and D(4,3) are the vertices. Find
the vertex C(a,b)
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42. If (1, 3) is the midpoints of the line segment joining the points (2,0) and (0, 9)
then show that the lines 5x+3y+2=0 passes through the points (-1,3p).
43. The line joining the points (2,1) and (5,-8) is trisected at the point P and Q. If the
points P lies on the line 2x-y+k=0. Find the value of K.
44. A point P divides the line segment joining the point A(3,-5) and B(-4,8) such that
𝐴𝑃 𝑘
= 1 . If P lies on the line x+y=0, then find the value of k.
𝑃𝐵
45. Find the ratio in which the line x-3y=0 divides the line segment joining the points
(-2,-5) and (6,3). Find the coordinate of the point of intersection.
46. The vertices of a ∆ABC are A(5,5), B(1,5) and C(9,1). A line is drawn to intersect
𝐴𝑃 𝐴𝑄 3
the sides AB and AC at P and Q respectively. Such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴𝐶 = 4 . Find the
length of the line segment PQ.
47. A(4,2), B(6,5), and C(1,4) are the vertices of ∆ABC.
• The median from A meets BC in D. Find the coordinates of the points D.
• Find the coordinates of point P on AD such that AP:PD=2:1.
• Find the coordinates of the points Q and R on medians BE and CF respectively
such that BQ:QE=2:1 and CR:RF=2:1.
CASE BASED QUESTIONS
48. Raycasting is a technique used in the creation of computer games. The basic
idea of raycasting is as follows: the map is a 2D square grid. Using rays generated
from an object, this 2D map can be transformed into a 3D perspective. One of
the methods involves sending out a ray from the player’s location. To determine
how far he/she is from a wall or an obstacle, the distance between the player’s
coordinates and the coordinate of the wall is calculated. If the player is near the
obstacle, it looks larger and vice-versa.
Raju wants to create an online snooker game using raycasting. The game in the
casting stage. On a coordinate map is shown below.

The snooker table has 6 pockets(P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6). And he has shown 3 balls-
white(W), red(R) and green(G) on the table. The objective of the game is to use
the white ball to hit the colored balls into the pocket using a cue stick.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
• How much distance will a ray travel if sent from the green ball to the nearest
pocket? Show your work.
 • Raju wants to place a yellow ball at the midpoint of the line connecting the
white and green balls. Find the coordinates of the point at which he should place
the yellow ball. Show your steps.
• Raju is running a trial on his game. He struck the white wall in a way that it
rebound off the rail (line connecting P4 and P6) and went into the pocket P2.
After the rebound, the ball crossed the x-axis at point X(2/7,0) on the way to
the pocket.
The ratio of the distance between the rail and point X and the distance
between point X and the pocket was 3:4.
Find the coordinates of the point at which the ball struck the rail. Show your
steps.
49. Soon below is a town plan on a coordinate grid, where 1 unit=1 km Consider the
coordinates of each building to be the point of intersection of the respective grid
lines.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

• Which of the following pairs of houses has the same abscissa? {A. H5 and H6
B. H5 and H7 C. H5 and H8 D. H5 and H1}
• What is the distance between the school and house 1 along the path shown?
• A whale is dug at a point along the path joining the pond and the hospital. The
ratio of the distance between the pond and the well to that of the well and the
Hospital is 4:1 respectively. What is the ordinate of the well?
• What is the ratio in which House 1 divides the path joining House 3 and the
police station?
•Which of the following pair of buildings are separated by the same distance as
that of school and police station? {A. Pond and H8 B. School and H1 C. Water
tank and H3 D. Fire station and H3}
 50. A city school is organizing annual sports event in rectangular shaped ground
ABCD. The tracks are being marked with a gap of 1m each in a form of a straight
lines. 120 flower pots are placed with a distance of 1 m each along AD. Shruti ran
⅓th of the distance in the second line. Along AD and post her flag. Sanvi ran ⅕th
of the distance in the eighth line and posts her flag.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

• The distance between the two flag is?

• If Reena has to post the flag exactly halfway between the line segment joining
two flags, the coordinates where she should place her flag are??
• The coordinates were Shruti posts her flag are??
• The coordinates where Sanvi posts her flag are??
51. Tharunya was thrilled to know that the football tournament is fixed with a
monthly time frame from 20th July to 20th August 2023 and the first time in the
FIFA Women’s World Cup’s history, two nations host in 10 venues. Her father felt
that the game can be better understood if the position of players is represented
as points on a coordinate plane.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

• At an instance, the mid fielders and forward formed a parallelogram. Find the.
position of the central mid fielder(D) if the position of other players who formed the
parallelogram are: A(1,2), B(4,3), C(6,6).

• If defensive mid fielder A(1,4), Attacking mid fielder B(2,-3) and striker E(a,b) lie on
the same straight line and B is equidistant from A and E, find the position of E.

52. Jagdish has a field which is in the shape of a right angle triangle AQC. He wants
to leave a space in the form of a square PQRS inside the field for growing wheat
and the remaining for growing vegetables. In the field, there is a pole marked as
O.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

• Taking O as origin, coordinates of P are (-200,0) and Q are (200,0). PQRS being a
square, what are the coordinates of R and S?

• What is the area of a square PQRS?

• What is the length of diagonal PR in a square PQRS?

• If S divides CA in the ratio k:1, what is the value of k, where point A is (200,800)?