Hard Questions
1 Lines l and l are both parallel to the line with equation 3x
1 2
− y + 4 = 0 . l 1 passes
through the origin and l passes through the point (-4, 7).
2
Find the equations of l and l , giving your answers in form y
1 2
= mx + c .
(2 marks)
2 The line l passes through the points (4, 2) and (8, 5).
Find the equation of the line l , giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0 where a ,b
and c are integers to be found.
(4 marks)
3 The line segment AB is the diameter of a circle.
A has coordinates (-7,-9) and B has coordinates (9, 3).
Find the coordinates of the centre of the circle and the length of the diameter.
(3 marks)
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4 (a) Three points A , B and C , have coordinates (-8, 1), (4, 4) and (12, 6) respectively.
Find the gradients of the line segments AB and BC .
(3 marks)
(b) Explain why your answer to part (a) shows that AB and BC are collinear.
(1 mark)
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5 (a) A dog breeder is measuring the rate at which a puppy grows by measuring its “back-
length”— that is the distance from the base of the neck to the base of the tail.
At 1.5 weeks old the puppy measured 2.3 cm and at 6.5 weeks old it measured 6.3 cm.
Using a linear model, find an equation linking L , the length of the puppy in centimetres,
to w , the age of the puppy in weeks.
(4 marks)
(b) Use the model to find the length of the puppy at age 20 weeks.
(1 mark)
(c) Use the model to find the age of a puppy that has a back-length of 11.9 cm.
(2 marks)
6 The line l has equation 3x
1
− 2y + 4 = 0 and crosses the x-axis at point A .
The line l has equation y
2
= 5 − x and crosses the y-axis at point B .
Find the area of the triangle OAB , where O is the origin.
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(4 marks)
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7 (a) Two perpendicular lines l and l intersect at point P (2, 5).
1 2
l 2 crosses the x-axis at point Q (-3, 0).
Find an equation for the line l .
1
(4 marks)
(b) l 1 crosses the x-axis at the point R . Find the area of the triangle PQR .
(4 marks)
8 The intersections of the following straight lines form a parallelogram.
Find the coordinates of all four vertices of the parallelogram.
2y = 3x + 12 3x − 2y − 12 = 0
1
2y = 8 − x
x +y +2=0
2
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(4 marks)
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9 (a) An electrician charges a fixed fee of £45 plus £22 per hour.
Defining suitable variables, write down an equation to represent the charges made by
the electrician.
(3 marks)
(b) A rival electrician charges a fixed fee of £36 and £25 per hour. Determine which
electrician is cheapest for a job taking 4 hours?
(4 marks)
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10 (a) The line l has equation 5x
1
− 2y + 12 = 0 .
The line l has equation 2x
2
+ 5y + 28 = 0 .
Determine if the lines l and l are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.
1 2
(2 marks)
(b) l 1 and l 2 intersect at the point P . Find the coordinates of P .
(4 marks)
(c) l 1 meets the y-axis at point Q . Point R lies on the line PQ such that PR: RQ =3 :1. Find
the coordinates of R .
(4 marks)
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Very Hard Questions
1 Find the equation of a line perpendicular to 2x + 3y − 4 = 0 that passes through the
point (-1, -1), giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a , b and c are
integers.
(3 marks)
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2 (a) The line l passes through the points ( p ,2p ) and ( 3p ,9p .
)
Find an equation for the line l .
(3 marks)
(b) l intercepts the y-axis at (0, 3).
Find the value of p .
(2 marks)
3 A line segment AB is the tangent to a circle at point M. The end points of AB have
coordinates (-5, 16) and (5, 14) respectively and M is the midpoint of AB.
The line MN is the diameter of the circle and N has coordinates (-4,-5).
Find the coordinates of the centre of the circle C and the area of the circle to three
significant figures.
(4 marks)
4 Three points A , B and C , have coordinates (-4,-16), (2, 5) and (10, 33) respectively.
Show that the lines AB and BC are collinear.
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(4 marks)
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5 (a) A dog breeder is measuring the rate at which a puppy grows by measuring its “back-
length”— that is the distance from the base of the neck to the base of the tail. At 2 weeks
old the puppy measured 5 cm . Six weeks later the puppy’s back-length had increased by
4.2 cm .
Using a linear model, find an equation linking L , the length of the puppy in centimetres,
to w , the age of the puppy in weeks.
(3 marks)
(b) What was the back-length of the puppy at birth?
(1 mark)
(c) Use the model to find the age of a puppy that has a back-length of 23.9 cm.
(1 mark)
(d) This particular breed of dog is fully grown after 40 weeks.
Find the dog’s length at 40 weeks and comment on the suitability of the model.
(2 marks)
6 The line l has equation 3x
1
− 2y + 10 = 0 and crosses the x -axis at point A
The line l is perpendicular to l and crosses the x-axis at (9, 0).
2 1
l 2 crosses the y -axis at point B .
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Find the area of the triangle OAB , where O is the origin.
(5 marks)
7 The point P −5,− 2
( ) lies on the line l , l crosses the x -axis at the point R.
1 1
Another line, l , is perpendicular to l at the point P and crosses the x -axis at the point
2 1
Q (-1, 0).
Find the area of the triangle PQR .
(5 marks)
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8 (a) A plumber charges a fixed fee of £27.50 plus £21 per hour. The plumber then charges
VAT on top of the total cost at a rate of 20%.
Defining suitable variables write down an equation to represent the charges, including
VAT, made by the plumber.
(2 marks)
(b) A rival plumber charges a fixed fee of £37.80 plus £24 per hour. These prices already
account for VAT.
Find the number of hours for which both plumbers would charge the same amount.
(4 marks)
9 A quadrilateral has four vertices with coordinates (-1, 6), (-3, 2), (0, -4) and (2, 0).
Find the equation for each of the four lines that form the quadrilateral and state its
mathematical name.
(5 marks)
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10 Two perpendicular lines intersect at (-4,-4). One of the lines also passes through the
point (0, 6), the other passes through the point (0,-5.6).
A kite is formed by these two lines and two others. The kite has a line of symmetry along
the y-axis.
Find the area of the kite.
(4 marks)
11 The tangent to a circle passes through the points A(-8, -1) and B(16, 7).
The tangent meets the circle at the point N, where AN : NB = 5 :3 .
Find the equation of the line of the diameter of the circle NM, giving your answer in the
form ax + by + c = 0 , where a , b and c are integers to be found.
(6 marks)
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