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1. Find the polar co-ordinates of the points whose cartesian co-ordinates are (3, -4) and (-3, 4).

2. Transform the equation 𝑟 2 = 𝑎2 into cartesian form.

3. Transform the equation 𝑟 = 2𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 into cartesian form.

5. Transform the equation 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥𝑦 + 2𝑦 2 = 1 into polar form.

6. Find the distance between the points (𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛼 , 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛼) and (𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛽 , 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛽), where 𝑎 > 0.
𝜋 5𝜋
7. Find the distance between the points (3, 4 ) and (7, 4 ).

8. If the point (𝑥, 𝑦) be equidistant from the points (6, −1) and (2, 3) such that 𝐴𝑥 + 𝐵𝑦 + 𝐶 = 0, find the
value of 𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶 + 10.

9. The vertices of a triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 are 𝐴(−2,3), 𝐵(2, −1) and 𝐶(4,0). Find 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴.

10. Prove that the points (−4, −1), (−2, −4), (4, 0) and (2, 3) are the vertices of a rectangle.

11. Two vertices of an equilateral triangle are (3, 4) and (−2, 3). Find the co-ordinates of the third vertex.

12. Find the point, which divides the line joining the points (2, 3) and (5, −3) in the ratio 1: 2.

13. In what ratio does y – axis divide the line segment joining 𝐴 (−3, 5) and 𝐵 (7, 2).

14. Find the ratio in which the join of the points (1, 2) and (−2, 3) is divided by the line 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 7.

15. Find the co-ordinates of the points which trisect the line segment joining (1, 2) and (−3, 4).

16. The co-ordinates of the mid-points of the sides of a triangle are (1, 1), (3, 2) and (4, 1). Find the

co-ordinates of its vertices.

17. The co-ordinates of three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram are (1, 3), (−1, 2) and (2, 5). Find its

fourth vertex.

18. Find the centroid of 𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶, whose vertices are 𝐴(2, 4), 𝐵(6, 4), 𝐶(2, 0).

19. Two vertices of a triangle are (−1, 4) and (5, 2). If its centroid is(0, −3), find its third vertex.

20. Find the in-centre of 𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶, whose vertices are 𝐴(1, 2), 𝐵(2, 3) and 𝐶(3, 4).

21. If a triangle has its orthocentre at (1, 1) and circumcentre at (3/2, 3/4), find its centroid.

22. The vertices a 𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶 are 𝐴(0, 0), 𝐵(0, 2) and 𝐶(2, 0). Find the distance between the circumcentre and
orthocentre.

23. Find the area of triangle whose vertices are (3, −4), (7, 5), (−1, 10).

24. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (𝑡, 𝑡 + 2), (𝑡 + 3, 𝑡) and (𝑡 + 2, 𝑡 + 2).

25. If 𝐴(𝑥, 𝑦), 𝐵(1, 2) and 𝐶(2, 1) be the vertices of a triangle of area 6 sq.u., prove that 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 9 = 0.

26. Find the area of a quadrilateral whose vertices are

(i) (1, 1), (3, 4), (5, −2) and (4, −7). (ii) (4, 3), (−5, 6), (−7, −2) and (0 , −7).

27. Find the area of a pentagon whose vertices are (4, 3), (−5, 6)(0, 7)(3, −6) and (−7, −2).

28. Prove that the points (𝑎, 𝑏 + 𝑐), (𝑏, 𝑐 + 𝑎) and (𝑐, 𝑎 + 𝑏) are collinear.
𝛥𝐷𝐵𝐶 1
29. Let the co-ordinates of 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 and 𝐷 are (6, 3), (−3, 5), (4, −2) and (𝑥, 3𝑥), respectively and 𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶
= , find 𝑥.
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30. Find the area of a triangle formed by the lines 7𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 10 = 0, 7𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 10 = 0 and 9𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2 = 0.

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31. If the co-ordinates of a variable point P be (𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 , 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃), where 𝜃 is a parameter, find the locus of P.

32. If the co-ordinates of a variable point P be (𝑎𝑡2 , 2𝑎𝑡), find the locus of P.

33. Find the locus of a movable point P, where its distance from the origin is 3 time its distance from y
axis.

34. If a point moves in a plane in such a way that its distance from the point (𝑎, 0) is equal to its
distance from y-axis. Find the locus of the point
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35. If the co-ordinates of a variable point P be (𝑡 + 𝑡 , 𝑡 − 𝑡 ), where 𝑡 is a parameter, find the locus of P.

36. Find the locus of movable point P, for which the sum of its distance from (0, 3) and (0, −3) is 8.

37. A stick of length l slides with its ends on two mutually perpendicular lines. Find the locus of the
mid-point of the stick.

38. If O be the origin and A be a point on the curve 𝑦 2 = 8𝑥. Find the locus of the mid-point of OA.

39. If P be the mid-point of the straight line joining the points 𝐴(1, 2) and Q where Q is a variable point
on the curve 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0. Find the locus of P.

40. A circle has the centre (2, 2) and always touches x and y axes. If it always touches a line AB (where
A and B lie on positive x and y axes), find the locus of the circumcentre of OAB, where O is the
origin.

41. Find the locus of a movable point P, for which the difference of its distances from (2, 0) and (−2, 0) is
6.

42. If 𝐴(1, 1) and 𝐵(−2, 3) are two fixed points, find the locus of a point P so that the area of 𝛥𝑃𝐴𝐵 is 9.

43. Find the locus of a point whose co-ordinates are given by 𝑥 = 𝑡 2 + 𝑡, 𝑦 = 2𝑡 + 1, where t is parameter.
𝑥 𝑦
44. If a variable line 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1 intersects the axes at A and B, respectively such that 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 4 and O be

the origin, find the locus of the circumcentre of 𝛥𝑂𝐴𝐵.

45. A variable line cuts the x and y axes at A and B respectively where 𝑂𝐴 = 𝑎, 𝑂𝐵 = 𝑏 (O the origin) such
that 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 27, find the locus of the centroid of 𝛥𝑂𝐴𝐵.

46. Find the equation of the curve 2𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 3𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 8 = 0, when the origin is shifted to the point(−1, 2)
without changing the direction of the axes.

47. The equation of a curve referred to the new axes retaining their directions and origin is (4, 5) is

𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 36. Find the equation referred to the original axes.

48. At what point, the origin be shifted if the co-ordinates of a point (−1, 8) become (−7, 3)?

49. If the axes are turned through 45𝑜 , find the transformed form of the equation 3𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 = 2.

50. Transform to parallel axes through the point (1, −2), the equation 𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 8 = 0.

51. If a point 𝑃(1,2) is translated itself 2 units along the positive direction of x – axis and then it is
rotated about the origin in anti-clockwise sense through an angle of 90𝑜 , find the new position of P.
𝜋
52. If the axes are rotated through 4 , the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑎2 is transformed to 𝜆𝑥𝑦 + 𝑎2 = 0, find the
value of 𝜆 = 10.
𝜋
53. Transform to axes inclined at 3
to the original axes, the equation 𝑥 2 + 2√3𝑦 − 𝑦 2 = 2𝑎2 .

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54. What does the equation 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 3𝑦 2 − 18𝑥 − 22𝑦 + 50 = 0 become when referred to new rectangular
𝜋
axes through the point (2, 3), the new set making 4
with the old?

55. If a point 𝑃(2, 3) is rotated through an angle of 90𝑜 about the origin in anti-clockwise sense, say at Q,
find the co-ordinates of Q.

56. If a point 𝑃(3, 4) is rotated through an angle of 60𝑜 about the point 𝑄(2, 0) in anti-clockwise sense,
say at R, find the co-ordinates of R.

ANSWERS

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1. (5, 𝜋 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 ( )) 2. (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 )2 = 𝑎2 (𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 ) 3. (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 2𝑎𝑥)
3
𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 1 2 𝛼−𝛽
4. + = 5. 𝑟 2 = 6. 2𝑎 |𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( )|
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑟2 (4+3 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2𝜃) 2
3
7. 10 8. 34 9.
√10
1±√3 7±5√3 3
11. ( , ) 12. (3, 1). 13.
2 2 7
2 5
14. −12: 1 15. (− , 0) and (− , 2). 16. (0, 1), (1, 0) and (3, 1)
3 3
10 8
17. (4, 6) 18. ( , ) 19. (−4, −15
3 3
4 5
20. (2, 3) 21. ( , ) 22. √2
3 6
41
23. 46 sq.u. 24. 2 sq.u. 26. (i) (ii) 84
2
7 2304
27. 54 sq.u. 29. 𝑥 = ± 30. sq.u.
4 2850
31. 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑎
2 2 2
32. 𝑦 = 4𝑎𝑥
2
33. 𝑦 = 8𝑥 2
2

𝑥2 𝑦
34. 𝑦 2 = 2𝑎𝑥 − 𝑎2 35. 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 = 4 36. + =1
7 16
𝑙2
37. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 38. 𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 = 0 39. 2(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) − 𝑥 − 𝑦 + 1 = 0
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40. 𝑥𝑦 = 𝑥 + 𝑦 + √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 41. 
42. 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 23 𝑜𝑟 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = −13 43. 𝑦 2 = 4 𝑥 2 + 1 44. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 4
45. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 3 46. 2𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 7𝑥 + 9𝑦 + 11 = 0 47. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 8𝑥 − 10𝑦 + 5 = 0
48. (−6, −5) 49. 2𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 =1 50. 𝑦 2 = 4𝑥
51. (−2, 3) 52. 12 53. 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = 𝑎2
1−4√3 4+√3
54. 4𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 = 1 55. (−3, 2) 56. ( , )
2 2

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