Analytic Geometry Exercices Flashcards
What is a circle?
A set of points that all have equal distance from a fixed point called a center.
What is the equation of a line?
y=mx+b
How do you find the slope of a line?
If the slope of a line is positive then as x ____________, y ______________.
increases
If the slope of a line is negative then as x ____________, y ______________.
x increases y decreases
The MORE the slope is positive or negative, the ___________ the line.
steeper
If the slope is zero, then the line is _______________
horizontal
In the equation ‘‘y=mx+b’’, what is b?
a constant, the y-intercept
What is the the point-slope formula of a line?
y - y1= m (x - x1)
Find the equation of the line L through the points (5, -15) and (50, 10).
How do you express a horizontal line?
y = b, where b is the the y-intercept of the line
How do you express a vertical line?
x = a, where x is the x intercept of the line
Explain why, using 2 points along a line, horizontal lines have a slope of 0.
Horizontal lines have a slope of zero since y2 -y1 = 0 for any two points on the line.
Why do we say that vertical lines are undefined?
Since x2 - x1 = 0, when we plug it in the Dy/Dx formula, anything divided by 0 is undefined.
What are parallel lines?
Two lines that are the same distance apart and have the same slope.
What are perpendicular lines?
Perpendicular lines meet at right angles (90 degrees).
How do you verify that two lines are perpendicular to eachother?
Check that their slopes are negative reciprocals of eachother.
Check that their slopes multiply together to give -1.
Find an equation of the line L2 perpendicular to L1: 2x - 3y = -1 passing through the point (6, -5).
What is the standard form of a given line?
ax + by = c
How could we find the distance D between two points P(x1,y1) and Q(x2,y2)? What would be the formula?
Find the distance between (7, -4) and (3, 2).
Given two points, how do we find the midpoint M between them?
The midpoint M of the line segment connecting (6, -7) and (2, 4) is:
Find the point (x,y) of the line y = -2x that is equidistant from the points A(-3, -4). and B(6, 2).