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TOPIC 1: COORDINATE GEOMETRY ~ MATHEMATICS FORM 4

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COORDINATE GEOMETRY , AREA AND PERIMETER, THREE DIMENSIONAL FIGURES, PROBABILITY, VECTORS, MATRICES AND TRANSFORMATION, TOPIC 1: COORDINATE GEOMETRY ~ MATHEMATICS FORM 4

TOPIC 1: COORDINATE GEOMETRY ~ MATHEMATICS FORM 4

Equation of a Line

The General Equation of a Straight Line

Derive the general equation of a straight line

COORDINATES OF A POINT

•The coordinates of a points – are the values of x and y enclosed by the brackets which are used to describe the position of point in a line in the plane.

The plane is called xy-plane and it has two axis.
  1. horizontal axis known as axis and
  2. vertical axis known as axis

Consider the xy-plane below

The coordinates of points A, B, C ,D and E are A(2, 3), B(4, 4), C(-3, -1), D(2, -4) and E(1, 0).

Definition
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Example 1
Find the gradient of the lines joining
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Example 2
(a) The line joining (2, -3) and (k, 5) has a gradient -2. Find k
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Exercise 1

1. Find the gradientof the line which passes through the following points ;
  1. (3,6) and (-2,8)
  2. (0,6) and (99,-12)
  3. (4,5)and (5,4)
2. A line passes through (3, a) and (4, -2), what is the value of a if the slope of the line is 4?
3. The gradient of the linewhich goes through (4,3) and (-5,k) is 2. Find the value of k.

FINDING THE EQUATION OF A STRAIGHT LINE

The equation of a straight line can be determined if one of the following is given:-

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Example 3
Find the equation of the line with the following
  1. Gradient 2 and intercept
  2. Gradient and passing through the point
  3. Passing through the points and
Solution
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EQUATION OF A STRAIGHT LINE IN DIFFERENT FORMS

The equation of a line can be expressed in two forms

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Example 4
Find the gradient of the following lines
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INTERCEPTS
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Therefore
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Example 5
Find the y-intercept of the following lines
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Example 6
Find the x and y-intercept of the following lines
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Exercise 2

Attempt the following Questions.
  1. Find the y-intercept of the line 3x+2y = 18 .
  2. What is the x-intercept of the line passing through (3,3) and (-4,9)?
  3. Calculate the slope of the line given by the equation x-3y= 9
  4. Find the equation of the straight line with a slope -4 and passing through the point (0,0).
  5. Find the equation of the straight line with y-intercept 5 and passing through the point (-4,8).
GRAPHS OF STRAIGHT LINES
The graph of straight line can be drawn by using the following methods;
  1. By using intercepts
  2. By using the table of values
Example 7
Sketch the graph of Y = 2X – 1
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SOLVING SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION BY GRAPHICAL METHOD
  • Use the intercepts to plot the straight lines of the simultaneous equations
  • The point where the two lines cross each other is the solution to the simultaneous equations
Example 8
Solve the following simultaneous equations by graphical method
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Exercise 3
1. Draw the line 4x-2y=7 and 3x+y=7 on the same axis and hence determine their intersection point
2. Find the solutionfor each pair the following simultaneous equations by graphical method;
  1. y-x = 3 and 2x+y = 9
  2. 3x- 4y=-1 and x+y = 2
  3. x = 8 and 2x-3y = 10

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