Coordinate Geometry – Class 10 Practice Question
Booklet (Questions Only)
Level: Normal • Topic: All important types from Class 10 coordinate geometry
1. Distance Formula & Midpoint (8 questions)
1 1. Find the distance between the points (3, –4) and (–1, 2).
2 2. Find the distance between (–3, 7) and (–3, –5).
3 3. Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (2, 3) and (4, 7).
4 4. If the midpoint of the segment joining A(1, 5) and B(x, 9) is (3, 7), find x.
5 5. Show that the points (7, 10), (–2, 5), (3, –4) are collinear.
6 6. Find the coordinates of a point on the x-axis which is equidistant from (2, –5) and (–2, 9).
7 7. The distance between (a, 2) and (3, b) is 5. If a = 1, find b (take positive root when
applicable).
8 8. Two points P and Q have coordinates P(–4, 1) and Q(5, 9). Find the coordinates of a point
R on PQ such that PR : RQ = 1 : 2.
2. Section Formula & Ratio (8 questions)
1 1. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line joining (–1, 7) and (4, –3) in the
ratio 2 : 3 internally.
2 2. Find the coordinates of the point that divides the segment joining A(2, –2) and B(3, 7)
externally in the ratio 1 : 2.
3 3. A point divides the line joining (6, –3) and (–4, 7) in the ratio 3 : 1. Find its coordinates.
4 4. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining (–2, –3) and (3, 7) is divided by the y-axis.
5 5. If P(x, 2), Q(–3, –4), R(3, –2) are collinear, find the value of x.
6 6. Point D divides AC in the ratio 2:1. If A(1, 2) and C(7, 8), find D.
7 7. Find the point which divides the join of (–5, 0) and (5, 10) in the ratio 1 : 4.
8 8. A point divides the segment joining (0, 0) and (8, 6) in the ratio k : 1. If the point is (4, 3),
find k.
3. Area of Triangle & Collinearity (8 questions)
1 1. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (2, 3), (4, 5), (6, 7).
2 2. Find the area of triangle with vertices A(4, 6), B(3, –2), C(5, 4).
3 3. Find k if the points (k, 0), (4, 0), (0, 3) are collinear.
4 4. Using determinant method, find the area of triangle with vertices (0, 0), (4, 0), (0, 3).
5 5. Three points are (1, 2), (4, 6) and (7, 10). Are they collinear? Prove with area method.
6 6. Find the area of triangle formed by lines joining (–1, 0), (3, 0) and (1, 4).
7 7. If the area of triangle with vertices (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3) is zero, what does it imply?
Give an example using explicit coordinates.
8 8. Find the area of triangle with vertices (2, –1), (5, 3) and (–1, 4).
4. Coordinate Geometry Applications (8 questions)
1 1. Find the coordinates of the centroid of the triangle with vertices A(1, 2), B(3, –4), C(5, 6).
2 2. A median of triangle ABC from vertex A meets BC at M. Verify that area(ABM) =
area(ACM) for A(4, 6), B(3, –2), C(5, 2).
3 3. Find the coordinates of the circumcenter of a right triangle with vertices (0, 0), (4, 0), (0, 3).
4 4. Find the coordinates of the orthocenter of triangle with vertices (0, 0), (3, 0), (0, 4).
5 5. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining (1, 2) and (5, 6).
6 6. A rectangle has opposite vertices at (–2, 1) and (4, –3). Find coordinates of the other two
vertices.
7 7. Find coordinates of the centroid of triangle with vertices (–1, 0), (3, 4), (2, –2).
8 8. Point P divides the diagonal of a square with vertices (0,0), (2,0), (2,2), (0,2) in ratio 1:1.
Find P.
5. HOTS — Challenging Problems (8 questions)
1 1. Find the locus of a point equidistant from A(2, 3) and B(–4, 1). (Write equation of
perpendicular bisector.)
2 2. Find the coordinates of the point on the x-axis which is at minimum distance from the point
(2, 3).
3 3. If A(2, 1), B(–1, 4) and C(4, 7) are vertices of a triangle, find equation of the median from
A.
4 4. Find the value(s) of k so that the points (1, 2), (3, k) and (5, 6) are collinear.
5 5. Determine whether the quadrilateral with vertices (–4, –2), (–3, –5), (3, –2), (2, 3) is a
parallelogram. Justify.
6 6. Find the equation of the line through (1, –2) and perpendicular to the line joining (3, 4) and
(–1, 2).
7 7. Find a point on the line x + y = 5 which is equidistant from (2, 1) and (4, 3).
8 8. The vertices of a triangle are A(0,0), B(b,0), C(0,c). Express the area in terms of b and c
and verify for b=4, c=3.
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