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Elementary Geometry for College Students

Daniel C. Alexander, Geralyn M. Koeberlein

Chapter 10

Analytic Geometry - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

The Rectangular Coordinate System

01:44

Problem 1

Plot and then label the points $A(0,-3), B(3,-4), C(5,6)$ $D(-2,-5),$ and $E(-3,5)$

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00:55

Problem 2

Give the coordinates of each point $A, B, C, D,$ and $E .$ Also name the quadrant in which each point lies.(GRAPH CANNOT COPY)

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02:27

Problem 3

Find the distance between each pair of points:
a) $\quad(5,-3)$ and $(5,1)$
b) $\quad(-3,4)$ and $(5,4)$
c) $(0,2)$ and $(0,-3)$
d) $(-2,0)$ and $(7,0)$

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01:44

Problem 4

If the distance between $(-2,3)$ and $(-2, a)$ is 5 units, find all possible values of $a$

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01:23

Problem 5

If the distance between $(b, 3)$ and $(7,3)$ is 3.5 units, find all possible values of $b$

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01:03

Problem 6

Find an expression for the distance between $(a, b)$ and $(a, c)$ if $b>c$

Steven Clarke
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02:18

Problem 7

Find the distance between each pair of points:
a) $(0,-3)$ and $(4,0)$
b) $(-2,5)$ and $(4,-3)$
c) $(3,2)$ and $(5,-2)$
d) $\quad(a, 0)$ and $(0, b)$

James Kiss
James Kiss
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02:32

Problem 8

Find the distance between each pair of points:
a) $(-3,-7)$ and $(2,5)$
b) $\quad(0,0)$ and $(-2,6)$
c) $(-a,-b)$ and $(a, b)$
d) $(2 a, 2 b)$ and $(2 c, 2 d)$

James Kiss
James Kiss
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01:45

Problem 9

Find the midpoint of the line segment that joins each pair of points:
a) $(0,-3)$ and $(4,0)$
b) $(-2,5)$ and $(4,-3)$
c) $(3,2)$ and $(5,-2)$
d) $(a, 0)$ and $(0, b)$

James Kiss
James Kiss
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02:01

Problem 10

Find the midpoint of the line segment that joins each pair of points:
a) $\quad(-3,-7)$ and $(2,5)$
b) $\quad(0,0)$ and $(-2,6)$
c) $(-a,-b)$ and $(a, b)$
d) $(2 a, 2 b)$ and $(2 c, 2 d)$

James Kiss
James Kiss
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00:51

Problem 11

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to the origin $O .$ Find the coordinates of $B$ if $A$ is the point:
a) $\quad(3,-4)$
b) $\quad(0,2)$
c) $(a, 0)$
d) $\quad(b, c)$

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02:19

Problem 12

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to point $C(2,3)$ Find the coordinates of $B$ if $A$ is the point:
a) $\quad(3,-4)$
b) $\quad(0,2)$
c) $(5,0)$
d) $\quad(a, b)$

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01:32

Problem 13

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to point $C .$ Find the coordinates of $C$ given the points:
a) $A(3,-4)$ and $B(5,-1)$
b) $\quad A(0,2)$ and $B(0,6)$
c) $A(5,-3)$ and $B(2,1)$
d) $A(2 a, 0)$ and $B(0,2 b)$

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01:11

Problem 14

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to the $x$ axis. Find the coordinates of $B$ if $A$ is the point:
a) $\quad(3,-4)$
b) $\quad(0,2)$
c) $(0, a)$
d) $\quad(b, c)$

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01:33

Problem 15

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to the $x$ axis. Find the coordinates of $A$ if $B$ is the point:
a) $\quad(5,1)$
b) $\quad(0,5)$
c) $(-6, a)$
d) $\quad(b, c)$

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01:32

Problem 15

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to the vertical line where $x=2 .$ Find the coordinates of $A$ if $B$ is the point:
a) $\quad(5,1)$
b) $\quad(0,5)$
c) $(2, a)$
d) $(b, c)$

James Kiss
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01:55

Problem 16

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to the vertical line where $x=2 .$ Find the coordinates of $A$ if $B$ is the point:
a) $(5,1)$
b) $\quad(0,5)$
c) $(-6, a)$
d) $\quad(b, c)$

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01:27

Problem 17

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to the $y$ axis. Find the coordinates of $A$ if $B$ is the point:
a) $\quad(3,-4)$
b) $\quad(2,0)$
c) $(a, 0)$
d) $\quad(b, c)$

James Kiss
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00:48

Problem 18

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to either the $x$ axis or the $y$ axis. Name the axis of symmetry for:
a) $A(3,-4)$ and $B(3,4)$
b) $A(2,0)$ and $B(-2,0)$
c) $A(3,-4)$ and $B(-3,-4)$
d) $A(a, b)$ and $B(a,-b)$

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06:38

Problem 19

Points $A$ and $B$ have symmetry with respect to a vertical line $(x=a)$ or a horizontal line $(y=b) .$ Give an equation such as $x=3$ for the axis of symmetry for:
a) $A(3,-4)$ and $B(5,-4)$
b) $\quad A(a, 0)$ and $B(a,-b)$
c) $A(7,-4)$ and $B(-3,-4)$
d) $A(a, 7)$ and $B(a,-1)$

Claire Rochford
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01:27

Problem 20

Apply the Midpoint Formula.
$M(3,-4)$ is the midpoint of $\overline{A B},$ in which $A$ is the point $(-5,7) .$ Find the coordinates of $B$

James Kiss
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01:29

Problem 21

Apply the Midpoint Formula.
$M(2.1,-5.7)$ is the midpoint of $\overline{A B},$ in which $A$ is the point $(1.7,2.3) .$ Find the coordinates of $B$

James Kiss
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00:43

Problem 22

Apply the Midpoint Formula.
A circle has its center at the point $(-2,3) .$ If one endpoint of a diameter is at $(3,-5),$ find the other endpoint of the diameter.

James Kiss
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00:47

Problem 23

Apply the Midpoint Formula.
A rectangle $A B C D$ has three of its vertices at $A(2,-1)$ $B(6,-1),$ and $C(6,3) .$ Find the fourth vertex $D$ and the area of rectangle $A B C D$

James Kiss
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00:52

Problem 24

A rectangle $M N P Q$ has three of its vertices at $M(0,0)$ $N(a, 0),$ and $Q(0, b) .$ Find the fourth vertex $P$ and the area of the rectangle $M N P Q$.

James Kiss
James Kiss
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05:30

Problem 25

Use the Distance Formula to determine the type of triangle that has these vertices:
a) $A(0,0), B(4,0),$ and $C(2,5)$
b) $\quad D(0,0), E(4,0),$ and $F(2,2 \sqrt{3})$
c) $G(-5,2), H(-2,6),$ and $K(2,3)$

Allison Knapp
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05:38

Problem 26

Use the method of Example 4 to find the equation of the line that describes all points equidistant from the points $(-3,4)$ and $(3,2)$

Jamie Fife
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05:38

Problem 27

Use the method of Example 4 to find the equation of the line that describes all points equidistant from the points $(1,2)$ and $(4,5)$

Jamie Fife
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00:56

Problem 28

For coplanar points $A, B,$ and $C,$ suppose that you have used the Distance Formula to show that $A B=5, B C=10,$ and $A C=15 .$ What can you conclude regarding points $A, B$ and $C ?$

Carrie Godfrey
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02:08

Problem 29

If two vertices of an equilateral triangle are at $(0,0)$ and $(2 a, 0),$ what point is the third vertex?
(GRAPH CANNOT COPY)

James Kiss
James Kiss
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01:34

Problem 30

The rectangle whose vertices are $A(0,0), B(a, 0), C(a, b)$ and $D(0, b)$ is shown. Use the Distance Formula to draw a conclusion concerning the lengths of the diagonals $\overline{A C}$ and $\overline{B D}$

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03:28

Problem 31

There are two points on the $y$ axis that are located a distance of 6 units from the point $(3,1)$ Determine the coordinates of each point.

Erika Bustos
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02:43

Problem 32

There are two points on the $x$ axis that are located a distance of 6 units from the point $(3,1) .$ Determine the coordinates of each point.

Carrie Godfrey
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01:25

Problem 33

The triangle that has vertices at $M(-4,0), N(3,-1)$ and $Q(2,4)$ has been boxed in as shown. Find the area of $\triangle M N Q$
(GRAPH CANNOT COPY)

James Kiss
James Kiss
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02:06

Problem 34

Use the method suggested in Exercise 33 to find the area of $\triangle R S T,$ with $R(-2,4), S(-1,-2),$ and $T(6,5)$

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01:21

Problem 35

Determine the area of $\triangle A B C$ if $A=(2,1), B=(5,3)$ and $C$ is the reflection of $B$ across the $x$ axis.

Allison Knapp
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01:20

Problem 36

Find the area of $\triangle A B C$ in Exercise $35,$ but assume that $C$ is the reflection of $B$ across the $y$ axis.

Allison Knapp
Allison Knapp
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01:38

Problem 37

Refer to formulas for Chanter 9
Find the exact volume of the solid that results when the triangular region with vertices at $(0,0),(5,0),$ and $(0,9)$ is rotated about the
a) $x$ axis.
b) $y$ axis.

Jay Patel
Jay Patel
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01:17

Problem 38

Refer to formulas for Chanter 9
Find the exact volume of the solid that results when the triangular region with vertices at $(0,0),(6,0),$ and $(6,4)$ is rotated about the
a) $x$ axis.
b) $y$ axis.

Jay Patel
Jay Patel
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03:24

Problem 39

Refer to formulas for Chanter 9
Find the exact volume of the solid formed when the rectangular region with vertices at $(0,0),(6,0),(6,4)$ and $(0,4)$ is revolved about the
a) $x$ axis.
b) $y$ axis.

Jay Patel
Jay Patel
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03:30

Problem 40

Refer to formulas for Chanter 9
Find the exact volume of the solid formed when the region bounded in Quadrant I by the axes and the lines $x=9$ and $y=5$ is revolved about the
a) $x$ axis.
b) $y$ axis.

Jay Patel
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02:37

Problem 41

Find the exact lateral area of each solid in Exercise $40 .$

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01:57

Problem 42

Refer to formulas for Chanter 9
Find the volume of the solid formed when the triangular region having vertices at $(2,0)$
$(4,0),$ and $(2,4)$ is rotated about the $y$ axis.
(FIGURE CANNOT COPY)

Jay Patel
Jay Patel
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02:20

Problem 43

By definition, an ellipse is the locus of points whose sum of distances from two fixed points $F_{1}$ and $F_{2}$ (called foci) is constant. In the grid provided, find points whose sum of distances from points $F_{1}(3,0)$ and $F_{2}(-3,0)$ is $10 .$ That is, locate some points for which $P F_{1}+P F_{2}=10 ;$ point $P(5,0)$ is one such point. Then sketch the ellipse.
(GRAPH CANNOT COPY)

Jay Patel
Jay Patel
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02:37

Problem 44

By definition, a hyperbola is the locus of points whose positive difference of distances from two fixed points $F_{1}$ and $F_{2}$ (called foci) is constant. In the grid provided, find points whose difference of distances from points $F_{1}(5,0)$ and $F_{2}(-5,0)$ is $6 .$ That is, locate some points for which either $P F_{1}-P F_{2}=6$ or $P F_{2}-P F_{1}=6 ;$ point $P(3,0)$ is one such point, Then sketch the hyperbola.
(FIGURE CANNOT COPY)

Jay Patel
Jay Patel
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04:48

Problem 45

Use the Distance Formula to show that the equation of the parabola with focus $F(0,1)$ and directrix $y=-1$ is $$y=\frac{1}{4} x^{2}$$

Demi Nelson
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03:42

Problem 46

Use the Distance Formula to show that the equation of the parabola with focus $F(0,2)$ and directrix $y=-2$ is $y=\frac{1}{8} x^{2}$

Demi Nelson
Demi Nelson
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01:33

Problem 47

Following a $90^{\circ}$ counterclockwise rotation about the origin, the image of $A(3,1)$ is point $B(-1,3) .$ What is the image of point $A$ following a counterclockwise rotation of
a) $180^{\circ}$ about the origin?
b) $270^{\circ}$ about the origin?
c) $360^{\circ}$ about the origin?

James Kiss
James Kiss
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00:53

Problem 48

Consider the point $C(a, b) .$ What is the image of $C$ after a counterclockwise rotation of
a) $90^{\circ}$ about the origin?
b) $180^{\circ}$ about the origin?
c) $360^{\circ}$ about the origin?

James Kiss
James Kiss
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00:53

Problem 49

Given the point $D(3,2),$ find the image of $D$ after a counterclockwise rotation of
a) $90^{\circ}$ about the point $E(3,4)$
b) $180^{\circ}$ about the point $F(4,5)$
c) $360^{\circ}$ about the point $G(a, b)$

James Kiss
James Kiss
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