SAT II Math I : Coordinate Geometry

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SAT II Math I

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Example Questions

Example Question #4 : Transformation

What is the period of the function?

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Possible Answers:

2π

3π

π

1

4π

Correct answer:

4π

Explanation:

The period is the time it takes for the graph to complete one cycle.

In this particular case we have a sine curve that starts at 0 and completes one cycle when it reaches .

Therefore, the period is 

Example Question #471 : Advanced Geometry

Assume we have a triangle, , with the following vertices:

, and 

If  were reflected across the line , what would be the coordinates of the new vertices?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When we reflect a point across the line, , we swap the x- and y-coordinates; therefore, in each point, we will switch the x and y-coordinates: 

 becomes 

 becomes , and 

 becomes 

The correct answer is the following:

The other answer choices are incorrect because we only use the negatives of the coordinate points if we are flipping across either the x- or y-axis.

Example Question #171 : Geometry

Find the distance between  and .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

For this problem we will need to use the distance formula:

In our case,

 and .

Plugging these values into the formula we are able to find the distance.

Example Question #1 : Distance Formula

What is the distance between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the distance formula.

Substitute the points:  

The radical can be broken down into factors of perfect squares.

The answer is:  

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Formula

Find the midpoint of the line that passes through the points and .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the midpoint formula as .

Thus,

 

Example Question #31 : Coordinate Geometry

Find the midpoint of the line that passes through the points  and .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the midpoint formula as .

Thus,

Example Question #31 : Coordinate Geometry

What is the midpoint between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula to find the midpoint is as follows:

In our case our  

our 

substituting in these values we get

midpoint = 

Example Question #4 : Midpoint Formula

What is the midpoint between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the midpoint of two points you find the average of both the  values and    values.  

For 

.  

For 

.  

This means the midpoint is .

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Formula

What is the midpoint of the points (3,12) and (9,15)?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the midpoint we must know the midpoint formula which is  

We then take the -coordinate from the first point and plug it into the formula as .

We take the -coordinate from the second point and plug it into the formula as .

We then do the same for  and .

With all of the points plugged in our equation will look like this. 

We then perform the necessary addition and division to get the answer of 

Example Question #6 : Midpoint Formula

Find the midpoint of the line segment that connects the two points below.

Point 1: 

Point 2: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The average of the the -coordinates and the average of the y-coordinates of the given points will give you the mid-point of the line that connects the points. 

, where  is and  is .

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