MATH21-1(CO1)

PROBLEM SET 1
Directions:
1. Solve the following problem.
2. Show your complete solution in one whole sheet of short bond
paper.
3. For each problem, copy the problem first before answering.
1. The angle from
with

l 1 to

l2

l 1 , find the slope of

is Arctan

1
2 . If

l 2 makes an angle of

45 0

l2 .

2. Find the length of the altitude of the triangle whose vertices are at (4, -5), (11, -5) and (9, 0).
3. Prove that the diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are equal.
4. Find the equation of the locus of the center of a moving circle tangent to the
y-axis and to a circle tangent to the y-axis and to a circle of radius 2 with
center at (8,2).
5. Find the equation of the locus of a point which moves so that the sum of the
squares of its distances from(2, 0), (0, 2), (-2, 0) and (0, -2) is 41.
6. A triangle has its vertices at A(6, -2), B(2, 5), and C(0, -3). Find the equation
of the line passing through A parallel to the line joining the midpoints of

AB

and

AC .

7. A triangle has its vertices at (6, 0), (5, 3) and (-1, -4). Find the equations of
the lines through the vertices parallel to the opposite sides.
8. A triangle has its right angle AT (4, -1) and the equation of one of its legs is

2 x y3 y +11=0.

Find the equation of the other leg.

9. The equations of the sides of a quadrilateral are

x+ 4 y +2=0,

8 x2 y+ 13=0.

x+4 y 6=0, 4 x y +4=0,

Show that it is a rectangle and find its area.

10.Find the equation of a line through (-4, -2) and forming with the axes a
triangle of area 16.
11.What is the equation of a line through (-2, 6) with the x-intercept half the yintercept?
12.Find the equation of the lines parallel to the line

3 x+ 8 y 12=0

at a distance numerically half as far from the origin.

13.Find the equations of the lines perpendicular to the line
passing at a distance

from (-5, -4).

and passing

9 x+4 y 5=0

and

14.A circle touches the lines

5 x+2 y10=0

and

5 x+2 y +2=0 . Find its area

and the locus of its center.

15.The distance of a point from the origin is always half its distance from the line

x y2=0.

Find the equation of its locus.

16.A point moves so that the ratio of its distances from

4 x +3 y6=0

3 x+ 4 y +8=0

and

is 2. Find the equation of its locus.

17.Find the locus of points at distance

34

from

3 x+ 4 y +10=0.

18.In what ratio does the x-axis divide the segment joining (-5, 4) and (4, -8)?
19.Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are at (-2, 8), (-6, 4) and (-1,
5).
20.The abscissa of a point in the 4th quadrant is numerically three times its
ordinate and is 10 units from (-2, 4). Find the point.