URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

MASTERY QUESTION GUIDES IN ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 14. A circle whose equation is x2 + y2 – 6x
each of the following questions. – 4y – 12 = 0 has a diameter of
A. 7 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14
1. Three vertices of a rectangle are (2,5),
(-3,5) and (2,-1). Find the coordinates 15. What is the distance between the center
of the fourth vertex. of the circles x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y – 3 = 0
A. (-3,-1) B. (3,-1) C. (3,1) D. (-3,1) and x2 + y2 – 8x – 6y + 7 = 0?
A. 7.07 B. 7.77 C. 8.07 D. 8.77
2. Find the area of a triangle formed by
the intersection of three lines, x + y 16. Find the center of the circle that is
-6 = 0, 2x – 4y = 0, x – y – 4 = 0. circumscribed about the triangle whose
A. 3 B. 6 C. 12 D. 24 vertices are (1,-3), (2,4), and (2,1).
A. (-3/2,1/2) C. (3/2,-1/2)
3. Find the area of a pentagon connecting B. (2,-1) D. (-2,1)
the points (3,0), (2,3), (-1,2), (-2,-
1) and (0,-3). 17. Find the radical axis of the circle x2 +
A. 12 B. 18 C. 24 D. 30 y2 + 8x – 6y = 0 and the circle x2 + y2 –
12x – 16y + 20 = 0.
4. Find the inclination of the line that A. 2x + y = 2 C. x + 2y = 2
passes through the points (4,-3) and B. 2x – y = 2 D. x – 2y = 2
(1,-3).
A. 129.8º C. 162.6º 18. Determine the curve of the equation 3x2
B. B. 151.2º D. 124.5º + 2x – 5y + 7 = 0.
A. Circle C. Ellipse
5. Find the acute angle formed by the lines B. Parabola D. Hyperbola
2x +y – 8 = 0 and x + 3y + 4 = 0.
A. 30º B. 45º C. 35º D. 60º 19. The line passing through the focus and
perpendicular to the directrix of a
6. The midpoint of the line segment between parabola.
P1(x,y) and P2(-2,4) is Pm(2,-1). Find A. Latus rectum C.Axis of parabola
the coordinates of P1. B. Transverse axis D. Major axis
A. (6,5) C. (5,-6)
B. (6-6) D. (5,-5) 20. The ratio of the distance between the
foci to the distance between the vertices
7. The x and y intercepts of the line are in either hyperbola or ellipse.
2 and -5 respectively. Determine the A. Eccentricity C. Latus rectum
equation of this line. B. Variance D. Deviation
A. 5x – 2y – 10 = 0 C. 5x + 2y = 0
B. 5x + 2y + 10 = 0 D. 5x – 2y = 0 21. The axis of the hyperbola which passes
through the center, the foci and
8. Find the distance between the point vertices.
A(3,4) and the line 5x + 2y – 10 = 0. A. Transverse axis C. Conjugate axis
A. 33/13 B. 43/13 C. 53/13 D. 63/13 B. Asympototic axis D. Major axis

9. Find the distance between the lines 4x 22. If the product of the slopes of two
– 3y = 12 and 8x – 6y = -16. straight lines is -1, then these lines
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 are said to be
A. Parallel C. Non-intersecting
10. Find the equation of the lines that are B. Perpendicular D. Intersecting
parallel to the line 5x + 12y + 7 = 0
and 3 units from point (2,1). 23. The distance of a point from the y –
A. 5x + 12y + 17 = 0 C. Either A or B axis.
B. 5x + 12y – 61 = 0 D. None of these A. Polar distances C. Coordinate
B. Parabola D. Ordinate
11. What value of B will make the equation
3x + By + 8 = 0. Perpendicular to the 24. The locus of points in a plane whose sum
equation 2x + 5y + 2 = 0. of the distances from two fixed points
in constant.
12. Find the equation of a line having an x A. Circle C. Ellipse
– intercept of -2 and parallel to the y B. Parabola D. Hyperbola
axis.
A. y = 2 B. y = -2 C. X = -2 D. x = 2 25. A conic section having an eccentricity
of 1.
13. A circle whose equation is X2 + y2 + 4x A. Circle C. Ellipse
+ 6y – 23 = 0 has a center at: B. Parabola D. Hyperbola
A. (2,3) B. (3,2) C. (-3,2) D. (-2,3)
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
MASTERY QUESTION GUIDES IN ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

26. In an ellipse, a chord which contains a 37. Find the length of the latus rectum of
focus and is a line perpendicular to the the hyberbola whose equation is 4x2 – 9y2
major axis is called a ______. + 8x - 54y – 113 = 0.
A. Latus rectum C. Focal width A. 2/3 B. 4/3 C. 8/3 D. 16/3
B. Major axis D. Minor Axis
38. What is the equation of the upward
27. Find the equation of the directrix of the asymptote of the hyperbola (x-2)2/9 –
parabola (y – 2)2 = -8(x – 1). (y+2)2/16 = 1.
A. x = -3 C. y = 3 A. 4x+3y–20=0 C. 4x-3y–20=0
B. x = 3 D. y = -3 B. 3x+4y+20=0 D. 3x-4y–20=0

28. A parabola has its focus at (7,-4) and 39. Find the polar equation of a circle width
directrix Y=2. Find the equation. center at the (3,0) and the radius 3.
A. x2 +12x-14y+61=0 C. x2 -12x+14y+61=0 A. r = 3 cos θ C. r = 6 cos θ
B. x2 +14x-12y+61=0 D. x2 -14x+12y+61=0 B. r = 3 sin θ D. r = 6 sin θ

29. Find the axis of symmetry of the function

y=2x2 -7x+5. Be the best prepared Examinee
A. 4x – 7 = 0 C. 4x + 7 = 0
B. 7x – 4 = 0 D. 7x + 4 = 0
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30. Find the equation of the parabola whose
axis is vertical and passes through (-1,
0), (5,0) and (1,8).
A. x2–4x+y-1=0 C. x2–4x+y+5=0
B. x –4x+y+1=0
2 D. x2–4x+y-5=0

31. An arch 18m high has a form of parabola

with a vertical axis. The length of the
horizontal beam placed across the arch
8m from the top is 64m. Find the width
of the bottom.
A. 76m B. 86m C. 96m D. 106m

32. Find the length of the latus rectum of

the parabola whose equation is y2 =
20x(x+6).
A. 6 B. 10 C. 20 D. 12

33. The equation 25x2 + 16y2 -150x + 128y +

81 = 0.
A. (3,-4) C. (-4,3)
B. (3,4) D. (4,3)

34. The major axis of the elliptical path in

which the earth moves around the sun is
approximately 186,000,000 miles and the
eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60.
Determine the apogee of the earth.
A. 93,000,000 miles C. 94,335,100 miles
B. 91,450,000 miles D. 94,550,000 miles

35. The arch of an underpass is a semi-

ellipse 60 ft wide and 20 ft high. Find
the clearance at the edge of a lane if
the edge is 20 ft from the middle.
A. 11.91 ft C. 12.91 ft
B. 13.91 ft D. 14.91 ft

36. Find the coordinates of the center of the

curve whose equation is 16x2 – 25y2 + 160x
– 200y + 400 = 0.
A. (-5,-4) C. (4,5)
B. (5,4) D. (-4,-5)