SSAT Upper Level Math : Coordinate Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #603 : Ssat Upper Level Quantitative (Math)

What are the coordinates for point L?

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Explanation:

Find the x-coordinate by going right on the horizontal x-axis until you come across the line that is directly above the point. The x-coordinate is .

Now, continue down until you reach the point and look across to the vertical y-axis. The y-coordinate is .

 are the coordinates for point L.

Example Question #604 : Ssat Upper Level Quantitative (Math)

What are the coordinates for point M?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the x-coordinate by going right on the horizontal x-axis until you come across the line that is directly under the point. The x-coordinate is .

Now, continue up until you reach the point and look across to the vertical y-axis. The y-coordinate is .

 are the coordinates for point M.

Example Question #605 : Ssat Upper Level Quantitative (Math)

What are the coordinates for point K?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the x-coordinate by going left on the horizontal x-axis until you come across the line that is above the point. The x-coordinate is .

Now, continue down until you reach the point and look across to the vertical y-axis. The y-coordinate is .

 are the coordinates for point K.

Example Question #1 : How To Graph A Function

Line

Refer to the above red line. A line is drawn perpendicular to that line, and with the same -intercept.  Give the equation of that line in slope-intercept form.

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First, we need to find the slope of the above line. 

The slope of a line. given two points  can be calculated using the slope formula

Set :

 

The slope of a line perpendicular to it has as its slope the opposite of the reciprocal of 2, which would be . Since we want this line to have the same -intercept as the first line, which is the point , we can substitute  and  in the slope-intercept form:

Example Question #2 : Graphing Functions

Axes

Refer to the above diagram. If the red line passes through the point , what is the value of ?

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Explanation:

One way to answer this is to first find the equation of the line. 

The slope of a line. given two points  can be calculated using the slope formula

Set :

The line has slope 3 and -intercept , so we can substitute  in the slope-intercept form:

Now substitute 4 for  and  for  and solve for :

Example Question #1 : How To Graph Complex Numbers

Multiply:

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Explanation:

FOIL the product out:

Example Question #2 : How To Graph Complex Numbers

Simplify:

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Explanation:

Use the square of a binomial pattern to multiply this:

Example Question #3 : How To Graph Complex Numbers

Multiply:

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Explanation:

This is a product of an imaginary number and its complex conjugate, so it can be evaluated using this formula:

Example Question #331 : Coordinate Geometry

Multiply:

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Explanation:

This is a product of an imaginary number and its complex conjugate, so it can be evaluated using this formula:

Example Question #5 : How To Graph Complex Numbers

Define an operation  as follows:

For all complex numbers ,

Evaluate 

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