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MARYS GIRLS - IGOJI

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
HOLIDAY
ASSIGNMENT

FORM TWO

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23. Equations of straight lines
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1. If the equation RV  3.2  V , where R and V are variables, is re-arranged in form y  mx  c ,
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Determine the gradient and the y-intercept of the line drawn. (3 mks)
2. A straight line passes through A(-2,1) and B(2,-k). The line is perpendicular to a line 3y + 2x = 5.
Determine the value of k. (3mks)
3. A line whose gradient is positive is drawn on the Cartesian plane and its equation is x  y 3  3.
Calculate the angle formed between the line and X axis. (3mks)
4. A straight line L1 passes through P(2,1) and is perpendicular to straight line L2, whose equation is
2y – x + 4 = 0. Find the equation of L1. (3 marks)
5. Find the equation of a line passing through point (-3, 5) and perpendicular to the line 2y + x – 3 =
0, answer in the form of ay + bx + c = 0 (3mks)
6. A straight line through the points A(2,1) and B(4,m) is perpendicular to the line whose equation
is 3y = 5 – 2x. Determine the value of m and the equation of line AB (4mks)
7. The straight line passing through the point (-3,-4) is perpendicular to the line whose equation is
2y+3x=1 and intersect the x-axis and y-axis at points P and Q respectively. Find the length of PQ.
(4mks)
8. The gradient of a line L through points A(2x,4) and B(-1,x) is 1/7. Find the equation of a line
perpendicular to L through B. (3 marks)
9. A triangle has vertices A(2,5), B(1,2) and C(-5,1). Determine:
(i) The equation of line BC. (2mks)
(ii) The equation of the perpendicular from A to BC. (1mk)
10. The line y = 3x + 3 meets the line L1 at the point (2, 9) and at a right angle.
(a) Find the points at which the two lines intersect with the x – axis. (3mks)
(b) Hence calculate the area bound by the two lines and the x – axis. (1mk)
11. A line with gradient -3 passes through the points (3, k) and (k, 8). Find the value of K and
hence express the equation in the form ax + by = c where a, b and c are constants.
(4mks)
12. The straight line through the points D (6,3) and E (3, -2) meets the y – axis at point F. Find the co-
ordinates of F (3 mks)
13. Find the obtuse angle the line y – 2x = 7 makes with the x – axis (2 mks)
14. The figure below shows a sketch a of a line 5y-3x = 15

Ø
X

Find the value of Ø (3 marks)

15. A solid right pyramid has a rectangular base 10cm by 8cm and slanting edge 16cm.
calculate:
(a) The vertical height
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(b) The total surface area

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 (c) The volume of the pyramid

16. The line passing through the points A (-1, 3K) and B (K, 3) is parallel to the line whose
equation is 2y + 3x = 9. Write down the co-ordinates of A and B

17. Find the value of a if the gradient of the graphs of the function y = x2 - x3 and y = x - ax
are equal at x = 1/3

18. Two perpendicular lines meet at the point (4,5). If one of the lines passes through
the point (-2,1), determine the equation of the second line in the form ax + by + c =0.

19. Find the equation of the line passing through (-5, 2) and with X-intercept as 3. Leave your answer
in the form of Y = mX + C

20. (a) copy and complete the table below:

x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y = 2x – 4
y = 12 – 2x
(b) (i) On the grid provided and using the same axes, draw the lines y = 2x + 4 and y = 12 – 2x
(ii) Hence use your graphs to solve the simultaneous equations
½ x – ¼ y= 1
x +½ y=6
(c) By use of substitution method, solve the simultaneous equations;
6x + 4y = 36
x + 3y = 13

21. Find the equation of a line through point -2, 4 which is parallel to 3y =- 2x + 8.
Express your answer in the form y = mx + c.

22. Determine the equation of a line passing through (-1, 3) and parallel to the line whose
equation is 3x -5y = 10

23. On a certain map, a road 20km long is represented by a line 4cm long. Calculate the area
of a rectangular plot represented by dimensions 2.4cm by 1.5cm on this map – leaving
your answer in hectares
24. A straight line passing through point (-3,4) is perpendicular to the line whose equation is
2y-5x=11 and intersects the x-axis and y-axis at the points P and Q respectively. Find the
co-ordinates of P and Q

25. A triangle ABC is formed by the points A(3, 4), B(-7, 2) and C(1, -2)
(a) Find the co-ordinates of the mid-points K of AB and P of AC
(b) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the KP

26. The equation of line L1 is -3/5x + 3y = 6. Find the equation of a line L2 passing through
point T (1, 2) and perpendicular to line L1

27. Determine the equation of a line passing through (-1, 3) and parallel to the line whose
equation is 3x -5y = 10
28. A straight line through the points A (2, 1) and B (4, m) is perpendicular to the line,
whose equation is 3y = 5-2x. Determine the value of m

29. Determine the equation of a line which is perpendicular to the line 2x + 3y + 4 = 0

and passes through P(1,1)
30. Koech bought 144 pineapples at shs.100 for every six pineapples. She sold some of them
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 at shs.72 for every three and the rest at shs.60 for every two. If she made a profit of 40%;
Calculate the number of pineapples sold at 72 for every three

31. Solve the equation x + 2 - x – 1 = 5

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27. The Pythagoras theorem

1. The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point P on the horizontal ground is 24.5°.
From another point Q, five metres nearer to the base of the tree, the angle of elevation of
the top of the tree is 33.2°. Calculate to one decimal place, the height of the tree

2. A block of wood in the shape of a frustrum of a cone of slanting edge 30 cm and base radius
10cm is cut parallel to the base, one third of the way from the base along the slanting edge. Find
the ratio of the volume of the cone removed to the volume of the complete cone.

28. The Trigometric Ratio 1

1. Given sin(90 - a) = ½ , find without using trigonometric tables the value of cos a (2mks)
2. If tan 
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,find without using tables or calculator, the value of 
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tan  cos

(3 marks)
cos  sin
3. At point A, David observed the top of a tall building at an angle of 30o. After walking for
100meters towards the foot of the building he stopped at point B where he observed it again
at an angle of 60o. Find the height of the building

4. Find the value of , given that ½ sin = 0.35 for 0o ≤ θ ≤ 360o

5. A man walks from point A towards the foot of a tall building 240 m away. After covering
180m, he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the building is 45o. Determine
the angle of elevation of the top of the building from A

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6. The table below gives a field book showing the results of a survey of a section of a piece of land
between A and E. All measurements are in metres.
E
D33 95
90 F 36
C21 70
B 42 30 G 25
25 H 40
A
(a) Draw a sketch of the land.
(b) Calculate the area of this piece of land.

7. Solve for x in 2 Cos2x0 = 0.6000 00≤ x ≤ 3600.

8. Wangechi whose eye level is 182cm tall observed the angle of elevation to the top of
her house to be 32º from her eye level at point A. she walks 20m towards the house
on a straight line to a point B at which point she observes the angle of elevation to the
top of the building to the 40º. Calculate, correct to 2 decimal places the ;
a) distance of A from the house
b) The height of the house
9. Given that cos A = 5/13 and angle A is acute, find the value of:-
2 tan A + 3 sin A

10. Given that tan 5° = 3 + 5, without using tables or a calculator, determine tan 25°, leaving
your answer in the form a + b c

11. A student whose eye level is 182cm from the ground observed the top of their house at
an angle of elevation of 32o at point A. She walked for 20m towards the house along a
straight road to a point B, where she observed the top of the building again at an angle of
elevation of 40o. Calculate correct to 2 decimal places the:-
(a) Distance of A from the house
(b) The height of the house

12. Given that tan x = 5, find the value of the following without using mathematical tables or
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(a) Cos x
(b) Sin2(90-x)

13. If tan θ =8/15, find the value of Sinθ - Cosθ without using a calculator or table
Cosθ + Sinθ

29. Area of a triangle

1. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:5:6. If its perimeter is 56 cm, use the Heroes formula to
find its area (4mks)
2. The figure below is a triangle XYZ. ZY = 13.4cm, XY = 5cm and angle xyz = 57.7o

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Calculate
a. Length XZ. (3mks)
b. Angle XZY. (2 mks)
c. If a perpendicular is dropped from point X to cut ZY at M, Find the ratio MY:ZM.
(3 mks)
d. Find the area of triangle XYZ. (2 mks)
3. The figure below represents a triangular plot ABC. The lengths of AB = 50m, AC = 80m
and angle BAC =30o B

50m

30o
A
80m

(a) Find the length of BC to 2 s.f C

(b) Find the area of the plot in hectares
(c) The plot is fenced using 4 strands of barbed wire. The length of one roll of barbed
wire is 600m and it costs shs.4000. Calculate;
(i) The length of fencing wire required
(ii) The number of complete rolls to be bought
(iii) The cost of the rolls

30. Area of polygons

1. The figure below is a squre based pyramid ABCD with AB = BC = 6cm and height VO = 10cm.

(a) State the projection of VA on the base ABCD. (1mk)

(b) Find the length VA. (3mks)
(c) Calculate angle between VA and plane ABCD. (2mks)
(d) Find angle between VCD and ABCD. (2mks)
(e) Calculate the volume of the solid (2mks)
2. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, is a regular pentagon circumscribed in a circle of radius
10 cm at centre O

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 O
10 cm

Find
(a) The side of the pentagon (2 mks)
(b) The area of the shaded region (3 mks)
3. PQRS is a trapezium in which PQ is parallel to SR, PQ = 6cm, SR = 12cm,  PSR = 400 and PS
= 10cm. Calculate the area of the trapezium. (4mks)
P > Q

400
S >
R
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4. A regular octagon has an area of 101.8 cm . calculate the length of one side of the octagon
(4marks)
5. Find the area of a regular polygon of length 10 cm and side n, given that the sum of interior
angles of n : n –1 is in the ratio 4 : 3.
6. Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABCD shown:-

D
14cm
12cm
C

A
18cm