REVIEW EXERCISE 21

Objective Questions
1. Sharifah stood stationary in a lift that is ascending non-stop from level 1 to level 10 of a tall building. The locus of one of Sharifahs feet is A a horizontal straight line B a vertical straight line C a curve D an arc of a circle A basketball player throws a ball horizontally. Which of the following is the locus of the ball? A B

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The locus of the tip of a moving minute hand of a clock is A a straight line B a square C a circle D a rectangle Which of the following situations shows that the locus of the moving object is a straight line? A A tennis ball that is hit by a player. B A child playing on a swing. C A bullet that is fired from a shotgun. D The centre of a bicycle wheel when the bicycle is moving along a straight level road. The locus of a point that moves on a plane such that it is equidistant from two points P and Q is A a circle with centre P and radius PQ B a straight line parallel to PQ C a perpendicular bisector of PQ 1 D a circle with centre Q and radius PQ 2

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A point M moves on a plane such that its distance from a fixed point O is 5 cm. Which of the following is the locus of the point M? A A circle with centre O and radius 5 cm. B A square with sides of length 5 cm. C A rhombus with sides of length 5 cm. D Two parallel straight lines that are at a distance of 5 cm from O. Which of the following shows the locus of a moving point X such that it is equidistant from the straight line PQ? A B

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8. In the diagram, all the straight lines are drawn on square grids. The locus of a point X that moves on the Cartesian plane such that it is equidistant from the lines TU and TW is A the line TP B the line TQ C the line TR D the line TV

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PQR is an equilateral triangle with sides of length 3 cm. A point M moves inside the triangle such that its distance from the vertex P is 1 cm. Which of the following is the locus of the point M? A B

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The diagram shows an equilateral triangle UVW. L, M and N are the midpoints of UV, VW and UW respectively. A point Y moves inside the triangle UVW such that its perpendicular distances from the sides UW and VW are equal. The locus of the point Y is A the straight line LW B the straight line NV C the straight line NL

the straight line LM

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T is the midpoint of a line segment RS with length 4 cm. A point P moves on a plane such that PT = 2 cm. Which of the following is the locus of P? A A straight line parallel to RS that is at a distance of 2 cm from RS. B Two straight lines parallel to RS that are at a distance of 2 cm from each side of RS. C A perpendicular bisector of RS. D A circle with centre T and radius 2 cm. GHIJ is a square with sides of length 3 cm. The locus of a point Y that moves inside the square GHIJ such that GY = 3 cm is A B

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A point Z moves inside the triangle PQR such that its distances from the sides PQ and PR are equal. Which of the following is the locus of Z? A B

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In the diagram, p, q, r and s are four straight lines drawn on a Cartesian plane. A point moves on the Cartesian plane such that its perpendicular distances from the x-axis and the y-axis are equal. The locus of the point is the straight line A p B q C r D s Which of the following shows the locus of a point X that moves on a plane such that its perpendicular distances from the lines PQ and RS are equal? A B S
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The diagram shows a circle with radius 2 cm and centre O drawn on a Cartesian plane. A point P on the Cartesian plane such that its perpendicular distance from the y-axis is fixed at 1 cm. The number of points of intersection of the locus of the point P with the circle is A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 17.
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In the diagram, PQRS is a parallelogram with PQ = 5 cm, QR = 3

1 cm and 2

QPS = 45. The locus of a point X that moves such that RX = QR. The locus of a point Y moves such that its perpendicular distance from the diagonal PR is always 1 cm. The number of points of intersection of the locus X and the locus Y is A 1

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The diagram shows an accurate drawing. A point moves on the plane such that its perpendicular distance from the line PQ is 1 cm. Another point moves on the plane 1 such that its distance from the point O is 1 cm. 2 Which of the points A, B, C or D is not the point of intersection of the two loci? 19.

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In the diagram, GHIJ is a square with sides of length 3 cm. A point P moves inside the square GHIJ such that its distance from the vertex G is 3 cm. Another point Q also moves inside the square GHIJ such that its distances from the vertices G and H are equal. Which of the points A, B, C or D is the point of intersection of the locus P and the locus Q?

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4 cm U 4 cm X

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In the triangle, XYZ, U and V are the midpoints of XZ and YZ respectively. Two points H and K move inside the triangle XYZ such that (i) the perpendicular distance of H from the line UV is 1 cm (ii) the perpendicular distances of K from the sides XZ and YZ are the same. The number of points of intersection of the locus H and the locus K is A 1 B 2 C 4 D 5 Questions 2123 are based on the diagram below.
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PQRS is a square with sides of length 4 cm and centre O. Two points H and K move inside the square PQRS such that OH = 1 cm and KP = 4 cm.

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The locus of the point H is A a quadrant of a circle QS with radius 4 cm and centre P B two straight lines parallel to PQ and are at distances of 1 cm from PQ and RS C a circle with radius 1 cm and centre O D a straight line joining the midpoints of PS and RS The locus of the point K is A a quadrant of a circle QS with radius 4 cm and centre P B a quadrant of a circle QS with radius 4 cm and centre R C a circle with radius 4 cm and centre P D a straight line parallel to QS and is at a distance of 1 cm from QS The number of points of intersection of the locus H and the locus K is A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following information. Two points M and N move on a plane under the following conditions. (a) MV = 1
1 cm (b) 2

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NV = NW

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Which of the following constructions shows the loci of both the points M and N? A B

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The number of points of intersection of the locus M and the locus N is A 1 B 2

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Questions 26 and 27 are based on the following information. Two points P and Q move on a plane containing the triangle KIJ such that KP = 1.4 cm and IQ = JQ. 26. Which of the following constructions shows the locus of P and the locus of Q? A

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The number of points of intersection of the locus P and the locus Q is A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3