SHIKSHA ACADEMY

Assignment – Class X

Coordinate Geometry

Q. 1 If the distance between the points (0,y) and (8,9) is 8 units, find the value of y .

Q. 2 If the end points of a diameter of a circle are (-2,3) and (4,-5), find the coordinates of its centre.

Q. 3 Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points (2, -2) and (4, -3) in the
ratio 3 : 4 internally.

Q. 4 Write the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points P(x 1,y1) and
Q(x2,y2) in the ratio K : 1 internally.

Q. 5 Find point on the y-axis which are at a distance of 10 units from the point (8, 8).

Q. 6 Find the point on the y-axis which is equidistant from the points (6, 5) and ( – 4, 3).

Q. 7 If Q (0, 1) is equidistant from P(5, – 3) and R(x ,6) find the values of x . Also find the distances QR and
PR.

Q. 8 Show that the points ( – 2, 5), (3, – 4) and (7, 10 ) are the vertices of a right triangle. Is this triangle
isosceles ?

Q. 9 Find the ordinate of points whose abscissa is – 1 and which are at a distance of 3√ 5 units from the
point (2, – 3).

Q. 10 Show that the points (2a, 4a), (2a, 6a) and (2a + √ 3 a , 5 a) are the vertices of an equilat- eral triangle.

Q. 11 If A, B and P are the points (−4 , 3), (0, −2) and (α , β ) respectively and P is equidistant from A and B, show
that 8 α – 10 β + 21 = 0.

Q. 12 Find the coordinates of the point which is at a distance of 2 units from (5, 4) and 10 units from (11, −2).

Q. 13 A(1, 1) and B(2,−¿3) are two points lying on the line segment AB such that CB = 3 AC, find the
coordinates of C.

Q. 14 The mid-point of the line segment joining (2a, 4) and (−2 , 3 b ¿ is (1, 2a + 1). Find the values of a and b .

Q. 15 If A and B are (−2 ,−2 ¿ and (2, −4 ¿ respectively, find the coordinates of P such that AP =
3
AB and P lies on the segment AB.
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Q. 16 The point P (−4 , 1) divides the line segment joining the points A (2, −¿2) and B in the ratio 3 : 5. Find the
point B.

Q. 17 Calculate the ratio in which the line joining A(6, 5) and B(4,−¿3) is divided by the line y =2. Also find the
coordinates of the point of division.
Q. 18 Show that the point A(−2 ,−1 ), B(1,0), C(4,3) and D(1, 2) form a parallelogram. Is it a rectangle?

Q. 19 Three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A (1, 2), B (1, 0) and C (4, 0), find the fourth vertex
D.

Q.20 Two vertices of a triangle are (−¿8, 11) and (2,−¿5). Find the third vertex, given that the centroid of the
triangle is (−¿1, 5).

Q. 21 By using area of triangle, show that the points (a, b + c), (b, c + a) and (c, a+ b) are collinear.

Q. 22 Show that the points ( −32 ,3) , (6, −2) (−¿3, 4) are collinear by using area of triangle.
Q. 23 Find a relation between x and y if the points ( x , y ), (1, 2) and (7, 0) are collinear.

Q. 24 Determine the ratio in which the point P (m , 6) divides the join of A (−¿4, 3) and B (2, 8). Also find
the value of m .

Q. 25 Show that point A (2, −¿2), B (14, 10), C (11, 13) and D (−¿1, 1) are the vertices of a rectangle.

Q. 26 If ‘a’ is the length of one of the sides of an equilateral triangle ABC, base BC lines on x -axis and vertex B is
at the origin, find the coordinates of the vertices of the triangle ABC.

Q. 27 The line segment joining the points (3, −4) and (1, 2) is trisected at the points P and Q. If the coordinates
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of P and Q are (p, −2) and , q respectively, find the values of p and q.
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Q. 28 Two vertices of a triangle are given by A (2, 3) and B (−2 , ,1 ¿ and its centroid is G 1 , ( 23 ) , Find the
coordinates of the third vertex C of the ∆ABC.

Q. 29 Prove that the points A ( – 4, – 1), B (−¿2, −¿4), C (4, 0) and D (2, 3) are the vertices of a rectangle.

Q. 30 If the point P ( x , y ) is equidistant from the points A (5, 1) and B (−¿1, 5). Prove that 3 x=2 y .

Q. 31 A, B and C are the points (4, 4), (3, −16 ) and (3, −2) respectively, and D, E and F are mid-points of the
sides BC, CA and AB respectively. Prove analytically that the area of ∆DEF.

Q. 32 Find the point P on the x -axis which is equidistant from the points A(5, 4) and B(−¿2, 3). Also find the
area of ∆PAB.

Q. 33 Find the value of x such that PQ = QR where the coordinates of P, Q and R are (6, −1), (1, 3) and ( x ,8 )
respectively.

Q. 34 Calculate the length of the median through the vertex A of ∆ ABC with vertices A(7, −3 ), B(5, 3) and

C(3, −1).

Q. 35 Show that the points (3, −2), (5, 2) and (8, 8) are collinear (by using section foemula).
Q. 36 The line segment joining A −1 , ( 5
3 )
and B (a, 5) is divided in the ratio 1 : 3 at P, the point where the line

segment AB intersects y -axis. Find

(i) the value of a (ii) the coordinates of P.

Q. 37 The centre of a circle is (2α -1, 3α + 1) and it passes through the point (−3 , −1). If a diameter of the circle
is of length 20 units, find the value (s) of α .

Q. 38 The two opposite vertices of a square are (−1 , 2) and (3, 2). Find the coordinates of the other two
vertices.

Q. 39 Determine if the points (1, 5), (2, 3) and (−2 ,−11) are collinear.

Q. 40 The points A (0, 3), B (−2 , a) and C (−1 , 4 ) are the vertices of a right angled triangle at A, find the value of
a.

Q. 41 Do the points (3, 2), (−2 ,−3 ) and (2, 3) form a triangle? If so, name the type of triangle formed.

Q. 42 Name the type of quadrilateral formed by the following points and give reasons for your answer :

(i) (−1 ,−2), (1, 0), (−1 , 2), (−3 , 0) (ii) (4, 5), (7, 6), (4, 3), (1, 2)

Q. 43 If the point ¿) is equidistant from the points (2, 1) and (1, −2), show that x +3 y=0.

Q. 44 The line segment joining A (−3 , 1) and B (5, −4) is a diameter of a circle whose centre is C. Find the
coordinates of the point C.

Q. 45 Find the coordinates of the point P which is three-fourth of the way from A (3, 1) to B ( −2 , 5).

Q. 46 Find the coordinates of the vertices of a triangle whose mid-points are (−3 , 2), (1, −2) and (5, 6).

Q. 47 If the mid-points of the sides of a triangle are (2, 3), ( 32 , 4) and ( 112 ,5), find the centroid of the triangle.
Q. 48 If (1, 2), (4, q), (p, 6) and (3, 5), taken in order, are the vertices of a parallelogram, find the values of p and
q.

Q. 49 Find the third vertex of a triangle if its two vertices are (−1 , 4 ) and (5, 2) and mid—point of one side is (0,
3).

Q. 50 Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (2, −5), (3, 9) and (−8 , 11).