Rectangular Coordinate System

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Case Study 1: Identify the quadrants for the points A(3,4)A(3, -4), B(2,5)B(-2, -5), C(0,4)C(0, 4), and D(1,2)D(-1, 2). Explain your reasoning based on the signs of the coordinates.

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Case Study 2: A point P(4,7)P(4, 7) is reflected across the x-axis to form point PP'. Then, PP' is reflected across the y-axis to form point PP''. Find the coordinates of PP' and PP''.

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Directed Line Segments

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Case Study 1: Calculate the directed distance from point A(3,5)A(-3, 5) to point B(8,5)B(8, 5). What does the sign of the result indicate?

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Case Study 2: Calculate the directed distance from point C(2,6)C(2, 6) to point D(2,4)D(2, -4). What does the sign of the result indicate?

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Distance Formula

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Problem 1: Find the absolute distance between points P(2,3)P(2, -3) and Q(4,5)Q(-4, 5).

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Problem 2: The distance between the points A(x,2)A(x, 2) and B(3,6)B(3, -6) is 1010 units. Find the possible values for xx.

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Problem 3: Verify that the points A(1,1)A(1, 1), B(4,5)B(4, 5), and C(1,5)C(1, 5) form a right-angled triangle.

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Midpoint Formula

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Problem 1: Find the midpoint of the segment connecting A(5,8)A(-5, 8) and B(3,2)B(3, -2).

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Problem 2: The midpoint of a line segment is M(4,1)M(4, -1). If one endpoint is P1(1,5)P_1(1, 5), find the coordinates of the other endpoint P2(x,y)P_2(x, y).

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Problem 3: Find the center of a circle whose diameter has endpoints A(3,4)A(-3, 4) and B(9,2)B(9, -2).

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Division of a Line Segment (Section Formula)

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Problem 1: Find the point dividing the segment P1(1,4)P_1(1, 4) and P2(6,9)P_2(6, 9) internally in the ratio 2:32:3.

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Problem 2: Find the coordinates of the point that divides the line segment joining A(2,3)A(-2, 3) and B(4,1)B(4, -1) externally in the ratio 5:25:2.

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Problem 3: In what ratio does the x-axis divide the line segment connecting points A(2,3)A(2, -3) and B(5,6)B(5, 6)?

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Slope and Inclination

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Problem 1: Find the slope and inclination angle of the line passing through points A(1,2)A(1, 2) and B(4,5)B(4, 5).

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Problem 2: Determine if the points P(2,4)P(-2, -4), Q(1,2)Q(1, 2), and R(3,6)R(3, 6) are collinear.

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Problem 3: A line has an inclination of 135135^\circ and passes through the point (2,3)(2, 3). Find the y-coordinate of a point on this line if its x-coordinate is 55.

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Area of a Polygon

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Problem 1: Calculate the area of a triangle with vertices A(1,2)A(1, 2), B(4,6)B(4, 6), and C(7,3)C(7, 3).

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Problem 2: Find the area of the quadrilateral with vertices (2,3)(-2, 3), (3,5)(3, 5), (4,1)(4, -1), and (0,4)(0, -4) listed consecutively.

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Problem 3: The area of a triangle formed by points (1,1)(1, 1), (5,1)(5, 1), and (x,4)(x, 4) is 1010 square units. Find the possible values for xx.

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General Equation of the Second Degree

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Problem 1: Identify the type of conic section represented by the equation 4x29y2+32x+54y100=04x^2 - 9y^2 + 32x + 54y - 100 = 0.

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Problem 2: Determine the conic section defined by x2+y26x+8y24=0x^2 + y^2 - 6x + 8y - 24 = 0.

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Problem 3: Identify the graph of y24y8x+28=0y^2 - 4y - 8x + 28 = 0.

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Coordinate Proofs

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Case Study 1: Prove analytically that the diagonals of a rectangle are equal in length.

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Case Study 2: Prove analytically that the line segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side.

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