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Practice Problems – Analytic Geometry

1. Find the inclination of the line passing through (-5, 3) and (10, 7) 15. The semi – major axis of an ellipse is 4 and its semi – minor axis is 3.
A. 14.83 C. 14.39 The eccentricity is
B. 14.93 D. 14.38 A. 0.66 C. 0.46
B. 0.56 D. 0.36
2. The two points on the lines 2x + 3y + 4 = 0 which are at a distance 2
from the line 3x + 4y – 6 = 0 are 16. Given the ellipse x2/36 + y2/32 = 1, determine the distance between
A. (-5,1) and (-5,2) C. (64, -44) and (4,-4) foci.
B. (64, -44) and (0, -2) D. (4, -4) and (0, -4/3) A. 3 C. 2
B. 4 D. 8
3. What is the length of the line with a slope of 4/3 from a point (6,4) to
the y – axis? 17. The line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix
A. 10 C. 12 of the parabola.
B. 11 D. 13 A. Tangent line C. Latus rectum
B. Axis of the parabola D. Directrix
4. Determine the distance of the line 5x + 12y -13 = 0 from the origin.
A. 1 C. 3 18. Measure of how much the conic section deviates from being circular.
B. 2 D. 4 A. Eccentricity C. Focus
B. Flatness D. Curvature
5. If the vertices of the triangle are (-2,0), (4,0) and (3,3), what is the
area? 19. Curve obtained as the intersection of the surface of a cone with
A. 7 C. 9 a plane
B. 8 D. 10 A. Hyperbola C. Parabola
B. Ellipse D. Conic section
6. The line 2x – 3y + 2 = 0 is perpendicular to another line L1 of unknown
equation. What is the slope of L1 20. It is a pattern of point that describes its relation to distance of a point
A. 2/3 C. -2/3 (x,y) from one fixed entity to that of the another entity
B. 3/2 D. -3/2 A. Function C. Locus
B. Diagram D. Scheme
7. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining (5,0)
and (-7,3) 21. Which of the following statement is always TRUE?
A. 8x – y + 11 = 0 C. 8x – 2y + 11 = 0 A. The slope of the line is the cosine to the angle of inclination of the
B. 8x + y – 11 = 0 D. 8x – 2y – 11 = 0 line from the positive x – axis.
B. If one line is multiple of another line, the two lines are parallel.
8. The diameter of the circle described by 9x2 + 9y2 = 16 C. If the slope of one line is the reciprocal of the other, then the two
A. 4/3 C. 4 lines are parallel.
B. 8/3 D. 8 D. The slope of horizontal line is zero.

9. The shortest distance from (3,8) to the circle x 2 + y2 + 4x – 6y = 12 22. The line segment that passes through a triangle's orthocenter,
A. 2.70 C. 7.07 centroid, and circumcenter.
B. 7.70 D. 2.07 A. Archimedes’ line C. Euler line
B. Radical line D. Special line
10. An earth satellite has an apogee of 40,000km and perigee of 6,600km.
Assuming the radius of the earth as 6,400km, what will be the 23. Find the distance between the polar points (7,150) and (4, 1110).
eccentricity of the elliptical path described by the satellite with the A. 8.42 C.7.42
center of the earth at one of the foci? B. 6.42 D. 5.42
A. 0.65 C. 0.56
B. 0.44 D. 0.34 24. What is the equation of the line that passes through the origin and
parallel to the line 5x – 2y + 3 = 0
11. What is the length of the latus rectum of 4x 2 + 9y2 + 8x -32 = 0 A. 5x – 2y = 0 C. 2x – 5y = 0
A. 6/3 C. 8/3 B. 5x + 2y = 0 D. 2x + 5y = 0
B. 7/3 D. 9/3
25. A circle passes through the point (5,7) and has its center at (2,3). Find
12. Find the polar equation of the circle of radius 3 units and center at its equation.
(3,0) A. (x -2)2 + (y -3)2 = 25 C. (x +2)2 + (y +3)2 = 25
A. r = 3cosθ C. r2 = 3cosθ B. (x -2)2 + (y -3)2 = 5 D. (x +2)2 + (y +3)2 = 5
B. r = 6cosθ D. r2 = 6cosθ

13. A semi ellipse and a parabola rest on the same base 60m wide and
20m high. Compute the difference in ordinates at a point 25m from
the center of the base.
A. 4.21 C. 4.94
B. 4.09 D. 4.13

14. The semi- transverse axis of the hyperbola x2/9 – y2/4 = 1 is