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Example Questions

Example Question #3 : Points And Coordinates

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Refer to the above diagram.

Which of the following points has coordinates ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The point  can be reached from the origin  by moving 4 units horizontally in a positive direction - that is, 4 units to the right - then 2 units vertically in a positive direction - that is, 2 units up. This is point .

Example Question #4 : Points And Coordinates

At what point do the lines  and  intersect?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that at a point of intersection of two lines, they will have the same x and y-coordinates.

Thus, we can set the two equations equal to each other and solve for  to find the x-coordinate.

To find the y-coordinate, plug the  back into either of the equations.

Example Question #4 : Points And Coordinates

The slope of a given line is . If one of the points that the line goes through is , which of the following can also be a point on the same line?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall how to find the slope of a line:

Since we already have the slope of the line and one coordinate on the line, we will just need to plug in the given answer choices to see which one would give us the correct slope.

Using the coordinate , we would get the following slope:

 must be a point on the given line.

Example Question #4 : Points And Coordinates

 

Possible Answers:

  

  

  

  

Correct answer:

  

Explanation:

Quadrant III of the rectangular coordinate plane comprises the set of points with its - and -coordinates both negative. Therefore, and must both be negative numbers.

If , then , as the product of a positive number and a negative number, must be a negative number. If , then , as the product of two negative numbers, must be a positive number.

For the same reasons, if then is a negative number, and if , then is a positive number.

For to be in Quadrant III, the only correct choice given would be that  and .

Example Question #4 : Points And Coordinates

Which of the following gives the coordinates of a point on the line of the equation  ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

For each point, substitute the first coordinate, or -coordinate, for , and the second coordinate, or -coordinate, for  in the equation. This is done with  to show that this is the correct choice:

By order of operations, work the left multiplication first:

Work the right multiplication next:

Subtract last:

The ordered pair  makes the equality true, so it is the correct choice.

As for the other three, we can work the same steps to demonstrate that each other ordered pair makes the equation incorrect, and, consequently, each is an incorrect choice:

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Example Question #2 : Coordinate Geometry

In which quadrant is the point located in the coordinate plane?

Possible Answers:

Quadrant II

Quadrant IV

Quadrant I

Quadrant III

Correct answer:

Quadrant IV

Explanation:

The four quadrants are numbered from I to IV beginning with the upper right quadrant and going counterclockwise. Quadrant IV comprises the points with positive x-coordinate and negative y-coordinate, such as the point ; this is the correct quadrant.

Example Question #4 : Points And Coordinates

Which of the following points occurs on the line given by

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Which of the following points occurs on the line given by

We can find this answer by plugging in our points one by one and finding which point "fits."

Given these points:

Now, we could plug in each point and be super methodical, or we could use a little strategy. On most tests, you will have a time limit. To make the most of your time, start with the easier options. 

In this case, try the options with zeroes first. Zeroes tend to cancel things out quickly, and thus are easy to work with. Let's test (0,0)

So, (0,0) is out.

Next, try (6,0)

So, (6,0) is our answer.

Example Question #1 : Slope

Which of the following equations has as its graph a line with slope  ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

For each equation, solve for  and express in the slope-intercept form . The coefficient of  will be the slope.

 

 

 

 

 

 is graphed by a line with slope  and is the correct choice.

Example Question #2 : Slope

Find the slope of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The equation given should be written in slope-intercept form, or  format.

The  in the slope-intercept equation represents the slope.

Add  on both sides of the equation.

Divide by two on both sides of the equation to isolate y.

Therefore, the slope is 1.

Example Question #2 : Slope

Determine the slope, given the points  and .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the formula for the slope.

We can select any point to be  and vice versa.

The answer is:  

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