F4 Revision for UT Equations of Straight Lines 1.

A straight line passes through (4,1) and cuts the axes at A and B. If OA = OB , find the equation of the line.
The sides of a triangle ABC are given by AB : 3 x y 4 = 0 , BC : x 2 y 8 = 0 and CA : 3 x + 4 y 14 = 0 . (a) Find the coordinates of A. (b) If D is a point on BC such that AD BC , find the equation of AD and hence find the coordinates of D. Find the point on the line x + y = 1 which is equidistant from (2,2) and (3,1) . (a) (b) Find the equation of the line L passing through (2,4) with slope m. If the area bounded by L and the two axes is 2 square units, find the value of m.

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Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A(3,1) and B (1,3) is divided by the straight line x y + 1 = 0 . The foot of the perpendicular from the vertex A(2,3) of ABC to BC is (3,8) . (a) Find the equation of BC. (b) If the x-coordinate of B is 2 and BAC = 90 , find the coordinates of C. A(3,0) , B (0,5) and C (0,1) are three points and O is the origin. D is a point on AB such that the area of BCD equals half of the area of OAB . Find the equation of the line CD.
(a) (b) (c) Find the equation of the line L2 passing through the point A(2,3) and perpendicular to the line L1 : y = x . Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of L1 and L2 . Find the coordinates of the point which is symmetric with A about the line L1 .

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Answers 1. x y 3 = 0, x + y 5 = 0 2. (a) (2,2) (b) 2 x + y 6 = 0 , (4,2) 3. (1,0) 4. (a) y = mx 2m + 4 (b) 1, 4 5. 1:1 6. (a) x 5 y 43 = 0 (b) (8,7) 7. 7 x 15 y + 15 = 0 8. (a) x + y 1 = 0 (b) (0.5,0.5) (c)

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Quadratic Equations and Quadratic Functions 1. Given f( x) = (k 2) x 2 + (2k 1) x + (k 5) . (a) Find the range of values of k for which f( x) = 0 has no real roots. (b) Find the range of values of k for which f( x) is less than 3 for all real x. If and are the real roots of the equation x 2 (m + 3) x + (2 m) = 0 and if

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2 = ( + 1) 2 , find the values of m.

3. Let and be the roots of the equation ( x 1) 2 = k 2 k + 2 , where k is a real number. (a) Show that and are real and distinct. (b) 4. Find the minimum value of ( ) 2 .

Let f( x) = x 2 + 2 x 1 and g( x) = x 2 + 2kx k 2 + 6 , where k is a constant. (a) Suppose the graph of y = f( x) cuts the x-axis at the points P and Q; and the graph of y = g( x) cuts the x-axis at the points R and S. (i) Find the lengths of PQ and RS. (ii) Find, in terms of k, the x-coordinate of the mid-point of RS. If the mid-points of PQ and RS coincide with each other, find the value of k. (b) If the graphs of y = f( x) and y = g( x) intersect at only one point, find the possible values of k; and for each value of k, find the point of intersection. Given that a, b and c are real numbers and c > 0 , prove that the roots of the equation ( x a )( x b) = c are real. Prove that if m and n are two unequal real (m 2 + n 2 ) x 2 2(m + n) x + 2 = 0 has unequal complex roots. numbers, the equation

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and are the roots of the equation x 2 + px 5 = 0 , while 2 and 2 are the roots of
x 2 19 x + q = 0 . Find the possible values of p and q.

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If and are the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 , prove that a quadratic equation with roots 2 and 2 is a 2 x 2 + (2ac b 2 ) x + c 2 = 0 . Using (a), or otherwise, form a quadratic equation in x whose roots are 4 and 4 , where and are the roots of 2 x 2 4 x 1 = 0 .

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1 discriminant = 4(k ) 2 + 7 > 0 (b) 7 2 (i) PQ = 2 2 , RS = 2 6 (ii) x-coordinate = k, k = 1 k = 3 or 5 ; k = 3 , (1,2) ; k = 5 , (3,2)

6. 8. discriminant = 4(m n) 2 < 0 (b) 16 x 2 392 x + 1 = 0

discriminant = (a b) 2 + 4c > 0 p = 3 , q = 25