Chapter 39. Coordinate Geometry
Chapter 39. Coordinate Geometry
Coordinate Geometry
|a · x0 + b · y0 + c|
√
a2 + b 2
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Remark 39.1.7
Be careful not to get the equation of the line confused with ax + by = c
Remark 39.1.8
Note that this distance represents the shortest possible distance which would be length
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Remark 39.1.9
This formula is a bit confusing so an easy way to remember the numerator is that it’s
just the equation of the line with the values of the point plugged in as the x and y values
(x − a)2 + (y − b)2 = r2
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A laser is placed at the point (3,5). The laser beam travels in a straight line. Larry wants
the beam to hit and bounce off the y-axis, then hit and bounce off the x-axis, then hit
the point (7, 5). What is the total distance the beam will travel along this path?
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The point P (a, b) in the xy-plane is first rotated counterclockwise by 90° around the
point (1, 5) and then reflected about the line y = −x. The image of P after these two
transformations is at (−6, 3). What is b − a?
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x2 + y 2 = 3|x − y| + 3|x + y|
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Additional Problems
Problem 39.2.5 (AMC 10)
The line 12x + 5y = 60 forms a triangle with the coordinate axes. What is the sum of
the lengths of the altitudes of this triangle?
Triangle ABC has vertices A = (3, 0), B = (0, 3), and C, where C is on the line
x + y = 7. What is the area of △ABC?
The point P = (1, 2, 3) is reflected in the xy-plane, then its image Q is rotated by
180◦ about the x-axis to produce R, and finally, R is translated by 5 units in the
positive-y direction to produce S. What are the coordinates of S?
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Two lines with slopes and 2 intersect at (2, 2). What is the area of the triangle
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enclosed by these two lines and the line x + y = 10?
A triangle has vertices (0, 0), (1, 1), and (6m, 0), and the line y = mx divides the
triangle into two triangles of equal area. What is the sum of all possible values of m?
Let A, B and C be three distinct points on the graph of y = x2 such that line AB is
parallel to the x-axis and △ABC is a right triangle with area 2008. What is the sum of
the digits of the y-coordinate of C?
In rectangle ABCD, we have A = (6, −22), B = (2006, 178), D = (8, y), for some
integer y. What is the area of rectangle ABCD?
Find the area of the region enclosed by the graph of |x − 60| + |y| = x
4
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Find the number of ordered pairs (x, y) of positive integers that satisfy x ≤ 2y ≤ 60 and
y ≤ 2x ≤ 60.
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Consider the parallelogram with vertices (10, 45), (10, 114), (28, 153), and (28, 84). A line
through the origin cuts this figure into two congruent polygons. The slope of the line is
m/n, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m + n.
Triangle ABC lies in the cartesian plane and has an area of 70. The coordinates
of B and C are (12, 19) and (23, 20), respectively, and the coordinates of A are (p, q).
The line containing the median to side BC has slope −5. Find the largest possible value
of p + q.
A (p,q)
(17,22)
M C (23,20)
B (12,19)
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39.1 58
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65
39.2 2
39.3 20
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39.4 16
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39.5 11
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39.2.1 a2 +1
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39.2.2 10 2
39.2.3 7
39.2.4 54
281
39.2.5
13
39.2.6 6
39.2.7 13
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39.2.8 (1, 3, 3)
39.2.9 50
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39.2.10 12
39.2.11 6
39.2.12 − 16
39.2.13 18
39.2.15 480
39.2.16 480
39.2.17 118
39.2.18 031
39.2.19 047
39.2.20 20
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