48.Find the value of m, such that D1, D2, D3 meet each other at one point.
D1: x - y = 1
D2: 2x + y = 5
D3: (2m - 5)x - my = 3
49.If the distance of A(2x - 3, 5) from line x = -4 is equal to 7, then find the value of a.
50. Find the equation of a line which passes through A(4, -1) and is parallel to x
axis.
51. Find the distance between A(4, -3) and the line L:3x - 4y + 2 = 0
52. Two girls are standing in a whispering gallery that is shaped like semi-elliptical
arch. The height of the arch is 30 feet, and the width is 100 feet. How far from the
center of the room should whispering dishes be placed so that the girls can
whisper to each other?
53. A comets path (as it approaches the sun) can be modeled by one branch of
the hyperbola y2/1096 x2/41334=1, where the sun is at the focus of that part of
the hyperbola. Each unit of the coordinate system is 1 million miles. (a) Find the
coordinates of the sun (assuming it is at the focus with non-negative coordinates).
Round to the nearest hundredth. (b) How close does the comet come to the
sun?
54. Two radar sites are tracking an airplane that is flying on a hyperbolic path. The
first radar site is located at (0, 0), and shows the airplane to be 200 meters away
at a certain time. The second radar site, located 160 miles east of the first, shows
the airplane to be 100 meters away at this same time. Find the coordinates of all
possible points where the airplane could be located. (Find the equation of the
hyperbola where the plane could be located).
55. A sphere having a center at the origin has a radius of 25. Which of the
following points is outside the sphere.
56. A pyramid is made from a rectangular prism whose height is 6 cm and base
dimensions 4 cm by 3 cm. The base of the pyramid coincides with the base of the
prism while its vertex at the centroid of the top. What is the total surface area of
the pyramid in cm2?
57. A cone, 5 cm high and 4 cm in diameter at the top, is partially filled with
liquid. If the wet portion is 11.309 cm2, what is the depth of water in the cone?
58. Using the prismoidal rule, the volume of ta frustum of a sphere is to be
determined. The frustum is made by passing two parallel planes on opposite sides
of the center, each end of radius 7 cm and each 4 cm from the center. The volume
of the frustum is most probably
59. One diagonal of a cyclic quadrilateral coincides with a diameter of a circle
whose area is 36. If the other diagonal which measures, 8m meets the first
diagonal at right angles. Find the area of a quadrilateral
60. Find the sum of the interior angles of the vertices of a regular five pointed star
inscribed in a circle
61. Eight balls are tightly packed in a cubical container that measures 8 cm on
each side. The balls are arranged with 4 balls per layer and in contact with the
walls of the container and the adjacent balls. If the container is filled with water,
find the volume of the water.
62. Assuming that the earth is a sphere whose radius is 6400 km, find the distance
along a 3 degress arc at the equator of the earths surface
63. The theorem which determines the volume of a solid of revolution is
64. How many times does the volume of a sphere increase if the radius is tripled
65. A conical base has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter of 12 cm. It holds
water to a depth of 18cm above its vertex. Find the volume of its content.
66. The ratio of the volume to the lateral area of a right circular cone is 2:1. If the
altitude is 15 cm, what is the ratio of the slant height to eh radius
67. Two vertical conical tanks of the same diameter which is equal to 6 feet are
conntected by a pipe line 3 inches in diameter and 24 feet in length. The bigger
tank with an altitude equal to 10 feet is initially full of water while the smaller tank
of altitude 6 ft is empty. IF the pipe valve is open to allow water to flow from the
bigger tank to the smaller tank wntil it is full, find the height of the water
remaining in the bigger tank
68. A line passes through point (2,2). Find the equation of the line if the length of
the line segment intercepted by the coordinates axes is the sqrt of 5.
69. The center of a circle is at (1,1) and one point on its circumference is (-1,-3)
Find the other end of the diameter through (-1,-3)
70. Find the equation of the directrix of the parabola y2=16x
71. What are the x and y coordinates of the locus of the conic section described by
the following equation (Angle theta corresponds to a right triangle with adjacent
side x, opposite side y and hypotenuse r)
r sintheta square = cos theta
72. A parabola has its focus at (7,-4) and directrix y = 2 Find the equation
73. What is the eq of a line passing through (-2,6) with the x intercept half the y
intercept
74. Two vertices of a triangle are (2,4) and (-2,3) and the area is 2 sq units. Find
the 3rd vertex