M1400A Tutorial 8 (Graphs) October 2024
1. The graph of a straight line P passes through points (-1, 3) and (5, -6).
(a) Find the gradient of line P.
(b) Find the y-intercept of line P.
(c) Write down the equation of line P.
2. A straight line with gradient m = 2.5 passes through point (1, 3).
(a) What is the y-intercept of the line? (b) Write down the equation of the line.
3. Find the equation of the straight line K that passes through (-103, 4) and is parallel
to line y + 3 = 0. What is the slope of K ?
4. Find the equation of the straight line N that passes through (1, 7) and is perpen-
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dicular to the line y = − x − 5.
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5. Determine whether the following lines are parallel or perpendicular to each other.
1 (c) 3x − 5y = 15 and 3y − 18 = −5x
(a) y = − x + 7 and 2y − 4x − 12 = 0
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(b) 5x − y = 4 and 2y − 10x − 20 = 0 (d) 3y + 5x − 18 = 0 and y = −2.4x − 3
6. Find the x -intercepts and y-intercepts of the following lines.
(a) 2y − 4x − 10 = 2 (c) −3y = 1
3 x+1 y+1
(b) x − y = 3 (d) =
4 2 3
7. Given that points (0, 2) and (-2, 0) are on the line Q, use these points to draw the
graph of Q and use the graph to find y when x is -6 and find x when y is 5.5.
8. Use graphs to solve the following simultaneous equations.
(a) 2x − y = 6 x+1 (g) y − 3x = 1
(d) y =
3x − y = 9 2 y= 3x − 2
y=x
(b) y = 3 (e) x + y = −6
y = 2x + 5 y−x=0
(c) 2y + x − 8 = 0 (f) 4x + 3y = 9
y = 3x − 3 x − 2y = 5
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