COMPREHENSIVE EXAM – ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
pipeline at a right angle (perpendicular) and go
1. A cellphone tower is located at point A (3, 4) on a through the ranger station located at Point R (6,
coordinate grid, where each unit represents one 1). What is the equation of the walking trail?
kilometer. A maintenance technician is currently A. y = -x + 7 C. y = -x – 7
located at point B (11, 9). How far is the technician B. y = 7 + x D. y = x – 7
from the cellphone tower?
A. 9.43 C. 4.93 8. A city park is situated on a coordinate grid with a
B. 9.34 D. 4.39 rectangular shape. One side of the park lies along
the line 5x − 3y + 15 = 0, and the center of the
2. A road connects two towns located at points A (2, park is located at point C (2,−1). The city is
6) and B (10, 14) on a coordinate grid, where each planning to build a new fountain directly in the
unit represents one kilometer. The local middle of the park. However, to make sure it is
government wants to build a rest stop exactly properly placed, they need to know the exact
halfway between the two towns. What are the distance from the park’s center to the north side
coordinates where the rest stop should be built? of the park. How far is the center of the park from
A. (10, 6) C. (-6, 10) the north side?
B. (6, 10) D. (10, - 6) A. 4.80 C. 4.40
B. 8.40 D. 8.80
3. A utility company is laying a cable between two
substations located at Point A (4, 2) and Point B 9. Find the equation of the locus of the following
(14, 12) on a coordinate grid, where each unit conditions. Equidistant from (4, 3) and (2, 1).
represents one kilometer. The company needs to A. 4x + y = 20 C. 4x + 4y = 5
install a monitoring station one-third of the way B. x + 4y = 20 D. x + y = 5
from Point A to Point B. What are the coordinates
of the monitoring station? 10. Find the equation of the locus of the following
A. (7.33, 5.33) C. (5.33, 7.33) conditions from the line 𝑦 = 4 and the origin.
B. (10.67, 8.67) D. (8.67, 10.67) A. x2 + 8y + 16 = 0 C. x2 – 8y – 16 = 0
2
B. x – 8y + 16 = 0 D. x2 + 8y – 16 = 0
4. A surveyor marks a straight path from a base
camp at Point A (3, 4) to a marker post at Point B 11. There is a fixed circle having a radius of 6 with
(9, 10). He is then instructed to place a second center at (10, 12). Find the equation of the curve
marker in line with A and B, but twice as far from connecting the centers of all circles tangent to the
Point B as Point A is from Point B. Where should fixed circle and the x-axis.
he place the second marker (Point C)? A. x2 + 20x + 36y – 208 = 0
A. (21, 22) C. (15, 16) B. x2 – 20x – 36y – 208 = 0
B. (22, 21) D. (16, 15) C. x2 – 20x – 36y + 208 = 0
D. x2 + 20x + 36y + 208 = 0
5. A train travels in a straight line between two
stations located at points A (1,2) and B (5,10) on 12. For design purposes, the large gear is the circle
a coordinate grid, where each unit represents one x2 + y2 = 16. The smaller gear is a circle centered
kilometer. What points on the x-axis does the path at (7, 0) and tangent to the larger circle. Find the
cross? equation of the smaller gear.
A. (0, 0) C. (2, 0) A. (x – 7)2 + y2 = 9 C. x2 + (y – 7)2 = 9
B. (1, 0) D. (3, 0) 2 2
B. (x + 7) + y = 9 D. x2 + (y + 7)2 = 9
6. Two roads are being constructed in a new 13. The broadcast area of a television station is
residential area. The first road follows a straight bounded by the circle x2 + y2 = 3600, where x and
path between point A (2, 3) and point B (6, 7). City y are measured in miles. A translator station picks
planners want to construct a second road that up the signal and retransmits it from the center of
runs parallel to the first road and passes through a circular area bounded by (x + 30)2 + (y – 40)2 =
a park located at point C (1, -1). What is the 1600. Find the greatest distance from the main
equation of the second road? transmitter that the signal can be received.
A. y = -2 + x C. y = 2 – x A. 50 mi C. 90 mi
B. y = 2 + x D. y = -2 – x B. 70 mi D. 110 mi
7. An engineer is designing a walking trail that
intersects a straight pipeline running from Point P
(4, 5) to Point Q (8, 9). The trail must cross the
14. Identify the conic section represented by the 27. An arch of a bridge is semi elliptical, with major
equation 𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 = 4𝑥 − 𝑦 axis horizontal. The base of the arch is 30 feet
A. Ellipse C. Circle across, and the highest part of the arch is 10 feet
B. Parabola D. Hyperbola above the horizontal roadway. Find the height of
the arch 6 feet from the center of the base.
15. Identify the conic section represented by the A. 9.17 ft C. 9.71 ft
equation 4𝑦 2 − 7𝑥 2 + 1 = −40𝑦 − 42𝑥 B. 7.91 ft D. 7.19 ft
A. Ellipse C. Circle
B. Parabola D. Hyperbola SITUATION. From the equation 4𝑥 2 − 9𝑦 2 − 16𝑥 −
18𝑦 − 11 = 0, determine the following:
SITUATION. From the equation 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 5 = 0, 28. Center
determine the following: A. (2, 1) C. (-2, 1)
16. Vertex B. (1, -2) D. (2, -1)
A. (1, 3) C. (-1, 3) 29. Eccentricity
B. (3, -1) D. (3, 1) A. 0.67 C. 1.20
17. Focus B. 1.50 D. 2.00
A. (3, 0) C. (4, -1) 30. Equation of Asymptote
2
B. (3, -2) D. (2, -1) A. 𝑦 + 1 = ± (𝑥 − 2)
3
18. Length of Latus rectum 3
A. 1 C. 2 B. 𝑦 − 1 = ± (𝑥 + 2)
2
2
B. 4 D. 6 C. 𝑦 + 2 = ± (𝑥 + 1)
3
19. Axis of Symmetry 1
A. x = 3 C. x = -3 D. 𝑦 − 1 = ± (𝑥 − 2)
2
B. y = -1 D. y = 3
20. Directrix
A. x = -2 C. x = 3
B. y = 0 D. y = -2
21. The shape of an arch is approximately a parabola
630 ft high and 630 ft wide. How high is the arch
100 ft from its foundation?
A. 555.5 ft C. 577.5 ft
B. 566.5 ft D. 588.5 ft
SITUATION. From the equation 9𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 − 54𝑥 +
16𝑦 + 61 = 0, determine the following:
22. Center
A. (3, 2) C. (3, -2)
B. (-3, 2) D. (2, -3)
23. Foci
A. (3, 0.24) and (3, -4.24)
B. (3, 0) and (3, -4)
C. (3, 1) and (3, -5)
D. (5.24, -2) and (0.76, -2)
24. Length of Major Axis
A. 4 C. 5
B. 6 D. 9
25. Length of Semi-Minor Axis
A. 2 C. 3
B. 4 D. 5
26. Eccentricity
A. 0.67 C. 0.82
B. 0.75 D. 1.25