EduSahara™ Worksheet
Name : Chapter Based Worksheet
Chapter : Distance and Section Formulae
Grade : ICSE Grade X
License : Non Commercial Use
Question 1
1.
    • If the point
    • (
      (
      12

      11
      )
      ,
      59

      11
      )
    • divides the join of points
    • (
      3
      ,
      (
      2
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      x
      ,
      y
      )
    • in the ratio
    • 9
      :
      2
    • , find
    • (
      x
      ,
      y
      )
  • (i)
    (
    (
    4
    )
    ,
    5
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    (
    3
    )
    ,
    8
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    0
    ,
    9
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    (
    1
    )
    ,
    6
    )
  • (v)
    (
    (
    2
    )
    ,
    7
    )
Question 2
2.
    • The points
    • (
      (
      2
      )
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      4
      ,
      (
      11
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      10
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      4
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
    •  
    • represent
  • (i)
    square
  • (ii)
    parallelogram
  • (iii)
    rhombus
  • (iv)
    trapezium
  • (v)
    rectangle
Question 3
3.
    • The points
    • (
      (
      3
      )
      ,
      (
      5
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      8
      ,
      (
      8
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • represent
  • (i)
    collinear points
  • (ii)
    scalene triangle
  • (iii)
    equilateral triangle
  • (iv)
    right angle triangle
  • (v)
    isosceles triangle
Question 4
4.
    • Find the ratio in which point
    • (
      (
      18

      5
      )
      ,
      6

      5
      )
    • divides the join of points
    • (
      2
      ,
      6
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      5
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (i)
    9
    :
    2
  • (ii)
    8
    :
    5
  • (iii)
    8
    :
    2
  • (iv)
    8
    :
    0
  • (v)
    7
    :
    2
Question 5
5.
    • Find the relation between x and y if the points
    • (
      x
      ,
      y
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      5
      )
      ,
      2
      )
    • and
    • (
      8
      ,
      1
      )
    • are collinear
  • (i)
    (
    x
    +
    16
    y
    24
    )
    =
    0
  • (ii)
    (
    4
    x
    16
    y
    +
    64
    )
    =
    0
  • (iii)
    (
    3
    y
    6
    )
    =
    0
  • (iv)
    (
    x
    13
    y
    +
    21
    )
    =
    0
  • (v)
    (
    5
    x
    40
    )
    =
    0
Question 6
6.
A point lies on positive side of y-axis at a distance of 5 units from x-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    5
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    (
    5
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    5
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    0
    ,
    5
    )
Question 7
7.
    • The coordinates of the origin are
  • (i)
    (
    5
    ,
    0
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    0
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    1
    ,
    1
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    0
    ,
    8
    )
  • (v)
    (
    1
    ,
    0
    )
Question 8
8.
    • The points
    • (
      3
      ,
      6
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      3
      )
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      21

      13
      ,
      42

      13
      )
    • represents
  • (i)
    right angle triangle
  • (ii)
    equilateral triangle
  • (iii)
    collinear points
  • (iv)
    isoceles triangle
Question 9
9.
    • Three vertices of a parallelogram are
    • (
      (
      3
      )
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      3
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
    • .
    • Find the fourth vertex
  • (i)
    (
    1
    ,
    (
    2
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    (
    1
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    (
    2
    )
    ,
    (
    3
    )
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
  • (v)
    (
    2
    ,
    1
    )
Question 10
10.
    • If point P
    • (x,6)
    • is equidistant from the points
    • (
      (
      2
      )
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      0
      ,
      5
      )
    • , find x
  • (i)
    (
    -105

    4
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    -103

    4
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    -51

    2
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    -101

    4
    )
  • (v)
    (
    -53

    2
    )
Question 11
11.
    • Find the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment
    • joining the points
    • (
      5
      ,
      1
      )
    • and
    • (
      8
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
  • (i)
    • (
      7
      ,
      (
      7

      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      7
      ,
      (
      11

      3
      )
      )
  • (ii)
    • (
      8
      ,
      2

      3
      )
    • ,
    • (
      7
      ,
      (
      11

      3
      )
      )
  • (iii)
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      4

      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      8

      3
      )
      )
  • (iv)
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      4

      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      7
      ,
      (
      11

      3
      )
      )
  • (v)
    • (
      4
      ,
      (
      10

      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      7
      ,
      (
      11

      3
      )
      )
Question 12
12.
    • The points
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      2
      )
      ,
      (
      3
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      1
      ,
      (
      7
      )
      )
    • represent
  • (i)
    equilateral triangle
  • (ii)
    isosceles right angled triangle
  • (iii)
    collinear points
  • (iv)
    right angle triangle
  • (v)
    scalene triangle
Question 13
13.
    • KM is the straight line of length
    • 2



      58
    • units.
    • If K has the coordinates
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      0
      )
    • and M has coordinates
    • (k,-6)
    • ,
    • find the possible values of k
  • (i)
    (
    6
    ,
    (
    22
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    9
    ,
    (
    21
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    7
    ,
    (
    19
    )
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    8
    ,
    (
    20
    )
    )
  • (v)
    (
    10
    ,
    (
    18
    )
    )
Question 14
14.
Distance of the point (7,6) from y-axis is
  • (i)
    (
    1
    )
  • (ii)
    13
  • (iii)
    7
  • (iv)
    6
  • (v)
    1
Question 15
15.
    • Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle formed by the points
    • (
      4
      ,
      2
      )
    • ,
    • (
      5
      ,
      (
      5
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      7
      ,
      3
      )
  • (i)
      • 5
        4


        2
      • ,
      • 2



        17
      • ,



      • 10
  • (ii)
      • 5



        2
      • ,
      • 34
      • ,



      • 10
  • (iii)
      • 5



        2
      • ,
      • 2



        17
      • ,



      • 12
  • (iv)
      • 5



        2
      • ,
      • 2



        17
      • ,



      • 10
Question 16
16.
    • Find the point which is equidistant from the points
    • (
      (
      3
      )
      ,
      7
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      5
      )
    • and
    • (
      8
      ,
      3
      )
  • (i)
    (
    79

    14
    ,
    191

    14
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    107

    14
    ,
    219

    14
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    93

    14
    ,
    177

    14
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    65

    14
    ,
    205

    14
    )
  • (v)
    (
    51

    14
    ,
    163

    14
    )
Question 17
17.
    • Find the area of the triangle
    • formed by the points
    • (
      5
      ,
      (
      2
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      5
      ,
      (
      7
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      3
      )
      ,
      (
      2
      )
      )
  • (i)
    20
  • (ii)
    22
  • (iii)
    18
  • (iv)
    19
  • (v)
    21
Question 18
18.
A point lies on negative side of y-axis at a distance of 1 units from x-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    1
    ,
    0
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    0
    ,
    1
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    (
    1
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
Question 19
19.
A point lies on negative side of x-axis at a distance of 5 units from y-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    5
    ,
    0
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    5
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    0
    ,
    5
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    (
    5
    )
    ,
    0
    )
Question 20
20.
    • Find the point that bisects
    • (
      1
      ,
      (
      3
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
  • (i)
    (
    9

    2
    ,
    (
    3
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    7

    2
    ,
    (
    2
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    5

    2
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    3

    2
    ,
    (
    4
    )
    )
  • (v)
    (
    11

    2
    ,
    0
    )
Question 21
21.
    • In what ratio is the join of
    • (
      4
      ,
      (
      9
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      8
      ,
      6
      )
    • divided by the line
    • (
      y
      7
      )
      =
      0
    • ?
  • (i)
    2
    :
    16
  • (ii)
    2
    :
    13
  • (iii)
    1
    :
    13
  • (iv)
    3
    :
    13
  • (v)
    2
    :
    11
Question 22
22.
    • The points
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      5
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      5
      ,
      0
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      0
      )
    • represents
  • (i)
    rectangle
  • (ii)
    rhombus
  • (iii)
    square
  • (iv)
    parallelogram
  • (v)
    trapezium
Question 23
23.
    • The line
    • (
      x
      +
      5
      y
      +
      13
      )
      =
      0
    • bisects which of the following pairs of points?
  • (i)
    • (
      3
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
  • (ii)
    • (
      6
      ,
      0
      )
    • ,
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
  • (iii)
    • (
      5
      ,
      1
      )
    • ,
    • (
      5
      ,
      (
      3
      )
      )
  • (iv)
    • (
      7
      ,
      3
      )
    • ,
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
  • (v)
    • (
      5
      ,
      1
      )
    • ,
    • (
      6
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
Question 24
24.
    • Find the distance between the points
    • (
      (
      7
      )
      ,
      0
      )
    • and
    • (
      5
      ,
      6
      )
  • (i)
    6



    2
  • (ii)
    6



    8
  • (iii)
    6



    5
  • (iv)
    6
    4


    5
  • (v)
    30
Question 25
25.
    • Find the centre of the circle passing through
    • the points
    • (
      5
      ,
      6
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      3
      )
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (i)
    (
    (
    15

    58
    )
    ,
    477

    58
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    (
    247

    58
    )
    ,
    245

    58
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    (
    131

    58
    )
    ,
    361

    58
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    (
    189

    58
    )
    ,
    419

    58
    )
  • (v)
    (
    (
    73

    58
    )
    ,
    303

    58
    )
    Assignment Key

  •  1) (v)
  •  2) (iii)
  •  3) (ii)
  •  4) (iii)
  •  5) (iv)
  •  6) (iv)
  •  7) (ii)
  •  8) (iii)
  •  9) (iv)
  •  10) (ii)
  •  11) (iv)
  •  12) (ii)
  •  13) (iv)
  •  14) (iii)
  •  15) (iv)
  •  16) (i)
  •  17) (i)
  •  18) (iv)
  •  19) (iv)
  •  20) (ii)
  •  21) (ii)
  •  22) (i)
  •  23) (v)
  •  24) (iii)
  •  25) (iii)