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#1 2006-02-27 16:44:14
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Coordinate Geometry
CG # 1
Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are
(2, -3), (-1, 3) and (4, 7).
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#2 2006-02-27 18:32:13
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
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#3 2006-02-27 19:45:29
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#4 2006-02-27 20:17:05
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
That was easy. I solved it in Paint for~1min
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#5 2006-02-28 16:17:19
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
CG # 2
Find (x,y) if (3,2), (6,3), (x,y) and (6,5) are the vertices of a parellologram taken in order.
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#6 2006-02-28 17:59:51
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
{3,4}?
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#7 2006-02-28 19:41:06
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#8 2006-03-01 03:37:59
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
(9,6)?
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#9 2006-03-01 03:46:38
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
Correct, mathsyperson! 
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#10 2006-03-01 04:00:29
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
CG # 3
If 3x-2y+4=0 and ax+4y+3=0 are parallel lines, find the value of a.
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#11 2006-03-01 06:17:02
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
CG# 3
a = -6?
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#12 2006-03-01 15:59:53
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
You're correct, Patrick! Well done! 
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#13 2006-03-01 16:13:04
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
CG # 4
Find the equations of the lines which pass through the point (3,4) and make intercepts on the axes such that their sum is 14.
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#14 2006-03-01 18:08:18
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
El que pega primero pega dos veces.
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#15 2006-03-01 18:25:24
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
They are the only equations for which the conditions work
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#16 2006-03-02 17:39:04
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
CG # 5
Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points A(-1,2) and B(3,-4).
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#17 2006-03-06 16:22:15
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
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#18 2006-03-06 16:50:37
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
Excellent, Dionysus! 
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#19 2006-03-06 18:31:40
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
CG # 6
Prove that the lines 3x-4y+5=0, 7x-8y+5=0 and 4x+5y=45 are concurrent.
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#20 2006-03-08 20:02:03
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
CG # 7
Show that the points (4, -4), (-4, 4), and (4√3, 4√3) are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
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#21 2006-03-09 16:50:39
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#22 2006-03-10 03:00:46
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#23 2006-03-10 04:27:36
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
CG # 8
Find the equation of the straight line making an angle 135° with the positive direction of x-axis and cutting an intercept 5 on the y-axis.
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#24 2006-03-10 04:31:37
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
tan 135° = -1, so that is the gradient of the line. We are told that the y-intercept is 5, so the equation is y = 5-x.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#25 2006-03-10 15:50:29
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Re: Coordinate Geometry
Very good, mathsyperson!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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