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Centres in A Triangle and Related HKDSE MC Questions (Difficult)

The document is a mathematics exercise sheet for Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Pin Secondary School, focusing on the centers of a triangle, including the incenter, circumcenter, centroid, and orthocenter. It provides exercises with specific triangle vertices and asks for calculations of coordinates and equations related to these centers. Additionally, it includes multiple-choice questions from HKDSE papers related to the centers of circles.

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Centres in A Triangle and Related HKDSE MC Questions (Difficult)

The document is a mathematics exercise sheet for Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Pin Secondary School, focusing on the centers of a triangle, including the incenter, circumcenter, centroid, and orthocenter. It provides exercises with specific triangle vertices and asks for calculations of coordinates and equations related to these centers. Additionally, it includes multiple-choice questions from HKDSE papers related to the centers of circles.

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Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Pin Secondary School

Mathematic
Centres of a triangle and Related HKDSE MC questions
Name : _________________ Class: ___________( ) Date:_________________

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Incentre

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Exercise
1. A triangle has vertices at A = (0, 0), B = (28, 0), and C = (10, 24). What are the coordinates of the
incenter?

Answer: (12, 8)

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Area of △ABC = Perimeter of △ABC × radius of inscribed circle ×
2
Proof:

Important formula

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Circumcentre

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Key method for finding circumcentre:
Find the equations of any two perpendicular bisectors. Then find their point of intersections by solving the
simultaneous equations.
Exercise
2. Find the circumcentre of △ABC, with A = (–4, 2), B = (2, 4), and C = (4, –4).

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Answer: ( ,– )
13 13

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3. A triangle has vertices at A = (0, 0), B = (14, 0), and C = (0, 12). What are the coordinates of the
circumcentre?

Answer: (7, 6)

Centroid

The centroid divides the medians into a 2:1 ratio.

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Exercise
4. A triangle has vertices at A = (0, 0), B = (18, 0), and C = (9, 27). What are the coordinates of the
centroid?

Answer: (9, 9)
5. A triangle has vertices at A = (2, 5), B = (6, 5), and C = (4, 7). Find the equation of straight line passing
through B and its centroid.

Answer: x + 3y – 21 = 0

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Orthocentre

Key method for finding orthocentre:


Slope of AB × Slope of CH = – 1
Slope of BC × Slope of AH = – 1
Slope of AC × Slope of BH = – 1
Then find the equations of any two altitudes. Then find their intersection points.
Exercise
6. The coordinates of the points A, B and C are (0,  8) , (3, 0) and (2, 0) respectively. D is a point on
AB such that CD is an altitude of △ ABC .
(a) Find the equation of CD.
(b) Find the coordinates of the orthocentre of △ ABC .

Answer:  0,  
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 4

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Centres of circles: Multiple Choice Questions

HKDSE 2012 Practice Paper Paper 2 Q42

HKDSE 2013 Paper 2 Q43

HKDSE 2015 Paper 2 Q42

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HKDSE 2017 Paper 2 Q41

HKDSE 2018 Paper 2 Q40

HKDSE 2019 Paper 2 Q41

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HKDSE 2020 Paper 2 Q40

HKDSE 2021 Paper 2 Q41

HKDSE 2022 Paper 2 Q41

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HKDSE 2023 Paper 2 Q41

Answers

2012 Practice Paper Q42 A 2013 Q43 A 2015 Q42 A 2017 Q41 D

2018 Q40 A 2019 Q41 B 2020 Q40 D 2021 Q41 C

2022 Q41 A 2023 Q41 C

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