Exercise 7.2
Question 1. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the join of (- 1, 7) and (4, – 3) in the ratio 2:3.
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Question 2. Find the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining (4, -1) and (-2, -3).
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Question 3. To conduct sports day activities in your rectangular-shaped school ground ABCD, lines have been drawn with chalk powder at a distance of 1 m each. 100 flower pots have been placed at a distance of 1 m from each other along AD, as shown in the following figure. Niharika runs 1/4th the distance AD on the 2nd line and posts a green flag. Preet runs 1/5th the distance AD on the eighth line and posts a red flag. What is the distance between both flags? If Rashmi has to post a blue flag exactly halfway between the line segment joining the two flags, where should she post her flag?
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Question 4. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (-3, 10) and (6, – 8) is divided by (-1, 6).
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Question 5. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A (1, – 5) and B (- 4, 5) is divided by the x-axis. Also, find the coordinates of the point of division.
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Question 6. If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find x and y.
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Question 7. Find the coordinates of point A, where AB is the diameter of a circle whose centre is (2, – 3) and B is (1, 4).
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Question 8. If A and B are (-2, -2) and (2, -4), respectively, find the coordinates of P such that AP = 3/7 AB and P lies on the line segment AB.
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Question 9. Find the coordinates of the points which divide the line segment joining A (- 2, 2) and B (2, 8) into four equal parts.
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Question 10. Find the area of a rhombus if its vertices are (3, 0), (4, 5), (-1, 4), and (-2,-1) taken in order.
[Hint: Area of a rhombus = 1/2 (product of its diagonals)
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