ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 1 ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 2

1. The distance between the points (1,3) and (9,k) is 8. Find the 1. What conic section is represented by the equation 4x2 + 8x –
value of k. y2 + 4y – 15 = 0
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 a. Circle b. Hyperbola c. Parabola d. Ellipse
2. What conic section is represented by the equation x2 + 4y2 +
2. The point (3,2) is the midpoint of the segment defined by
4xy + 2x – 10 = 0?
the points (h,1) and (5,k), find h and k. a. Circle b. Hyperbola c. Parabola d. Ellipse
A. 1 and 3 C. 2 and 1 3. Determine the nature of the curve: 4x2 + 3y2 – 8x + 16y + 19
B. -2 and 1 D. 3 and -1 = 0.
3. If (x,4) is equidistant from (5,-2) and (3,4), find x. a. Circle b. Hyperbola c. Parabola d. Ellipse
A. 9 B. 15 C. 13 D. 11 4. Find the equation of the circle whose center is at (3, -5) and
4. The distance between points (4,7,z) and (5,1,6) is 7.28. Find whose radius is 4.
a. x2 + y2 -6x + 10y + 18 = 0 c. x2 + y2 +6x + 10y + 18 = 0
z. 2 2
b. x + y -6x - 10y + 18 = 0 d. x2 + y2 +6x - 10y + 18 = 0
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8 5. What is the center of the curve x + y2 -2x - 4y - 31 = 0.
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5. The segment from (-1,4) to (2,-2) is extended three times its a. (-1, -2) b. (-1, 2) c. (1, -2) d. (1, 2)
own length. Find the terminal point. 6. What is the equation of a circle whose ends of diameter are
A. (11,-24) C. (-11,-20) (10, 2) and (6, -4).
B. (11,-18) D. (11,-20) a. x2 + y2 -16x + 2y + 52 = 0 c. x2 + y2 +16x - 12y + 52 = 0
2 2
6. Determine the coordinates of the point which is three-fifths b. x + y -8x + 2y - 48 = 0 d. x2 + y2 +26x - 2y + 48 = 0
7. Find the value of k for which the equation x2 + y2 + 4x - 2y - k
of the way from the point (2,-5) to the point (-3,5).
= 0 represents a point circle.
A. (-1,1) B. (-1,-2) C. (-2,-1) D. (1,1) a. 5 b. 6 c. -6 d. -5
7. The line segment connecting (x,6) and (9,y) is bisected by 8. The parabola y=-x2 +x +1 opens:
point (7,3). Find the value of x and y. a. to the left c. to the right
A. 5,0 B. 4,0 C. 5,2 D. 4,1 b. upward d. downward
8. Find the inclination of the line passing through (2,4) and 9. Compute the focal length and the length of latus rectum of
parabola y2 + 8x – 6y +25 = 0
(16,8).
a. 2, 8 b. 16, 64 c. 4, 16 d. 1, 4
A. 14.95 B. 15.49 C. 15.94 D. 14.59 10. A cable suspended from supports that are the same height
9. Let m1 and m2 be the respective slopes of two perpendicular and 600 feet apart has sag of 100 feet. If the cable hangs in
lines. Then the form of a parabola, find its equation.
A. m1 + m2 = -1 B. m1 x m2 = -1 C. m1 = m2 D. m1 x m2 = 0 a. y2 = 900x c. x2 = 400y
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10. Given 3 vertices of a triangle whose coordinates are A(1,1), b. y = 400x d. x2 = 900y
B(3,-3) and (5,-3). Find the area of the triangle. 11. An arch 18 m high has the form of parabola with a vertical
axis. The length of a horizontal beam placed across the arch 8
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
m from the top is 64 m. Find the width of the arch at the
11. In a Cartesian coordinate system, the coordinates of a bottom
quadrilateral are (1,1), (0,8), (4,5) and (-3,4). What is the area? a. 86m b. 106m c. 96m d. 76m
A. 25 B. 18 C. 20 D. 14 12. Find the major axis of the ellipse x2 + 4y2 -2x – 8y + 1 = 0.
12. Find the slope of the line whose equation is 3x + 4y = 8. a. 2 b. 4 c. 10 d. 6
A. - 2/3 B. - 4/3 C. - 3/4 D. -3/2 13. The semi-major axis of an ellipse is 4 and its semi-minor
13. Find the equation of the line passing through points P 1(-8, axis is 3. The distance from the center to directrix is:
a. 6.047 b. 6.532 c. 6.614 d. 6.222
1) and P2(8, -1).
14. An ellipse has an eccentricity of 1/3. Compute the distance
A. 8+xy=0 B. y+x=0 C. y+8x=0 D. x+8y=0 between the directrices if the distance between foci is 4.
14. Find the equation of straight line through point (3,2) and is a. 18 b. 36 c. 32 d. 38
parallel to line y = 3x – 2. 15. The major axis of the elliptical path in which the earth
A. y=3x-19 B. y=3x-7 C. y=4x+16 D. y=4x-8 moves around the sun is approximately 186, 000, 000 miles
16. Given the equation 3y+2x+1=0. Determine which of the and the eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60. Determine the
apogee of the earth.
following lines is perpendicular to it.
a. 93, 000, 000 miles c. 91, 450, 000 miles
A. 10x+15y-2=0 C. 2x+y-4=0 b. 94, 335, 100 miles d. 94, 550, 000 miles
B. 9x-6y+12=0 D. 3y+2x-1=0 16. Find the eccentricity of the curve 9x2 – 4y2 -36x +8y = 4
17. What is the distance between line x + 2y + 8 = 0 and the a. 1.80 b. 1.70 c. 1.90 d. 1.60
point (5,-2)? 17. Find the length of the latus rectum of 9x2 – 4y2 -36x +16y -
A. 4.20 B. 4.02 C. 4.44 D. 4.22 16= 0
18. The distance between lines x – 2y = 4 and 2x – 4y = 7 is a. 5 units b. 6 units c. 9 units d. 8 units
18. The distance between foci of a hyperbolas is 18 and the
_____.
distance between directrices is 2. What is the eccentricity of
A. 3 B. -3 C. 4.47 D. 0.224 the hyperbola?
19. The distance between the points A and B is defined by the a. 0.19 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1.6
points: A(cosA, -sinA) and B(sinA, cosA) and is equal to: 19. Find the eccentricity of a hyperbola whose transverse and
A. 2tanA B. 1 C. 2^(1/2) D.sec A conjugate axes are equal in length?
20. Find the centroid of a triangle whose vertices are (2,3), (- a. 0.82 b. 1.41 c. 1.52 d. 1.73
4,6) and (2,-6). 20. Find the equation of the asymptote of the hyperbola 4x 2 –
9y2 = 36.
A. (0,1) B. (0,-1) C. (1,0) D. (-1,0)
a. x+3y=0 b. 3x+2y=0 c. 2x-3y=0 d. x-3y
What conic section is described by the equation r=2cosØ.
a. ellipse c. parabola
b. hyperbola d. circle