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Chapter 2: Linear Law [ckgubid/AMF5/W6/Fri/KYRHG]

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Convert into linear form of Y = mX + c for each of the following relations: y 2 = 4x 2 x (a) (b) (c) (d)
y = a ( x +1)
y= px q 2 2k = +x y x

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The variables x and y are related in such a way that when y x is plotted against x 2 , a straight line is obtained as shown in Diagram 1. yx

(10, 3)

(1, 2)

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Diagram 1

x2

Express y in terms of x.

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x2 y2 + = 1 , where a and b are positive a2 b2 constants. A straight line is obtained by plotting y 2 against x 2 as shown in Diagram 2.

The variables x and y are related by the equation

y2

4
Diagram 2

x2

Find (a) (b) the value of b, the value of a,

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The variables x and y are related by the equation y =10 m +nx , where m and n are constants. A straight line is obtained by plotting lg y against x, as shown in Diagram 3.
lg y
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(1, 1)

Diagram 3

Calculate the values of m and n. 5. The variables x and y are related by the equation y = (a) (b) Convert the equation y =
p q + , where p and q are constants. x2 x

p q + to the linear form. x2 x

Diagram 4 shows a straight line obtained by plotting xy against

xy
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1 . x

(6, 2)

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Diagram 4

1 x

Find the values of p and q. 6. Diagram 5 shows a straight line graph of

y = x 3 +10 x .

y against x 2 . Given the non-linear relation x

y x
(1, k )

( h, 4)

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Diagram 5

x2

Calculate the values of k and h.

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Table 1 shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment. The variables x and y are related by the equation y = px q , where p and q are constants. x 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 y 4.74 6.89 9.21 11.68 14.27 16.98 19.78
Table 1

(a) Plot log 10 y against log 10 x , by using a scale of 2 cm to 0.1 unit on the log 10 x -axis and 2 cm to 0.2 unit on the log 10 y -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit. (b) Use your graph from (a) to find (i) the value of p, (ii) the value of q.
[p = 2.75, q = 1.32]

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Table 2 shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment. The variables x and y are related by the equation y = x + q , where p and q are constants. x 2 4 6 8 10 12 y 36.0 7.2 4.0 2.8 2.1 1.7
Table 2
p

(a)

Plot y against x, using a scale of 2 cm to 2 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 0.1 unit on the y -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit. Use the graph from (a), to find (i) the value of p, (ii) the value of q.
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(b)

[p = 17.9, q = 1.61]