WAEC (WASSCE) Mathematics · Coordinate Geometry of Straight Lines
Coordinate geometry of straight lines: WAEC Mathematics Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Coordinate geometry of straight lines
Our summary: Finding distance, midpoint, gradient and equation of a line from coordinates.
- Concept of the x-y plane
- Coordinates of points on the x-y plane
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WAEC (WASSCE) Mathematics questions on Coordinate geometry of straight lines
- WAEC 2024The gradient of the line joining the points P(2, -8) and Q(1, y) is -4. Find the value of y
- WAEC 2024Which of the following points lies on the line 3x - 8y = 11?
- WAEC 2023A line L passing through the point (6, -13) is parallel to the line which passes through (7, 4) and (-3, 9). Find the equation of the line L.
- WAEC 2023Write the name of a triangle with the vertices (1, -3), (6, 2) and (0,4)?
- WAEC 2023Find the gradient of the line passing through the points (1/2, - 1/3) and ( 3 , 2/3)
- WAEC 2022The straight line y = mx - 4 passes through the point(-4,16). Calculate the gradient of the line
- WAEC 2021XY is a line segments with the coordinates X (- 8,- 12) and Y(p,q). if the midpoint of XY is (-4,-2) find the coordinates of Y.
- WAEC 2020Find the equation of the line parallel to 2y = 3(x - 2) and passes through the point (2, 3)
- WAEC 2019Find the equation of a straight line passing through the point (1, -5) and having gradient of 3/4
- WAEC 2018The equation of the line through the points (4,2) and (-8, -2) is 3y = px + q, where p and q are constants. Find the value of p.
- WAEC 2017Calculate the gradient (slope) of the joining points (-1, 1) and (2, -2)
- WAEC 2016A straight line passes through the points P(1,2) and Q(5,8). Calculate the gradient of the line PQ
- WAEC 2016A straight line passes through the point P(1,2) and Q (5,8). Calculate the length PQ
- WAEC 2014The coordinates of points P and Q are (4, 3) and (2, -1) respectively. Find the shortest distance between P and Q.
- WAEC 2014Find the gradient of the line joining the points (2, -3) and 2, 5)
- WAEC 2010c c x 0 2 4 6 y 1 2 3 4 . The table is for the relation y = mx + c where m and c are constants. What is the equation of the line described in the tablet?
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