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## Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th Maths Solutions Chapter 5 Coordinate Geometry Ex 5.4

Question 1.
Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points A (4,-3) and B (9,7) in the ratio 3 : 2.
Solution:
A line divides internally in the ratio m : n

Question 2.
In what ratio does the point P(2, -5) divide the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(4, -9).
Solution:
A line divides internally in the ratio m : n

$$\frac{4m-3n}{m+n}$$
= 2
4m – 3n = 2m + 2n
4m – 2m = 3n + 2n
2m = 5n
$$\frac{m}{n}$$ = $$\frac{5}{2}$$
m : n = 5 : 2
The ratio is 5 : 2.
and
$$\frac{-9m+5n}{m+n}$$
= -5
-9m + 5 n = -5(m + n)
-9m + 5 n = -5m – 5n
-9m + 5 m = -5n – 5n
-4m = -10
$$\frac{m}{n}$$ = $$\frac{10}{4}$$ ⇒ $$\frac{m}{n}$$ = $$\frac{5}{2}$$
m : n = 5 : 2

Question 3.
Find the coordinates of a point P on the line segment joining A(1, 2) and B(6, 7) in such a way that AP = $$\frac{2}{5}$$ AB.
Solution:
Let the point A (1, 2) and B (6, 7)
AP = $$\frac{2}{5}$$ AB
$$\frac{AP}{PB}$$ = $$\frac{2}{5}$$
∴ AP = 2; PB = 5 – 2 = 3
A line divides internally in the ratio m : n

Question 4.
Find the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining the points A (-5, 6) and B (4, -3).
Solution:
Let P and Q be the point of trisection
so that AP = PB = QB

($$\frac{3}{3}$$, $$\frac{0}{3}$$) = (1, 0)
The Point P is (-2, 3), The Point Q is (1, 0)

Question 5.
The line segment joining A(6, 3) and B(-1, -4) is doubled in length by adding half of AB to each end. Find the coordinates of the new end points.
Solution:

m : n = 3 : 1
A line divides externally in the ratio m : n

∴ BA’ divides in the ratio 2 : 1
A line divides internally in the ratio m : n the point is $$\frac{mx_{2}+nx_{1}}{m+n}, \frac{my_{2}+ny_{1}}{m+n}$$
Let the point A’ be (a, b)

$$\frac{2a-1}{3}$$ = 6
2a – 1 = 18
2a = 19
a = $$\frac{19}{2}$$
and
$$\frac{2b-4}{3}$$ = 3
2b – 4 = 9
2b = 13
b = $$\frac{13}{2}$$

The point A’ is ($$\frac{19}{2}$$, $$\frac{13}{2}$$)
To find B’
Let B’ be (a, b)
AB = 7√2
BB’ = $$\frac{1}{2}$$ × 7√2 = $$\frac{7√2}{2}$$
$$\frac{AB}{BB’}$$ = 7√2 ÷ $$\frac{7√2}{2}$$ = $$\frac{7√2×2}{7√2}$$ = 2
AB’ divides in the ratio 2 : 1
(-1, -4) = $$\frac{2a+6}{3}$$, $$\frac{2b+3}{3}$$
$$\frac{2a+6}{3}$$ = -1
2a + 6 = -3
2a = -3 – 6
2a = -9
a = –$$\frac{9}{2}$$
and
$$\frac{2b+3}{3}$$ = -4
2b + 3 = -12
2b = -12 – 3
2b = -15
b = –$$\frac{15}{2}$$ = -1
The point B’ is (-$$\frac{9}{2}$$, –$$\frac{15}{2}$$)

Question 6.
Using section formula, show that the points A (7, -5), B (9, -3) and C (13, 1) are collinear.
Solution:
If three points are collinear, then one of the points divide the line segment joining the other points in the ratio r : 1. If P is between A and B and $$\frac{AP}{PB}$$ = r

The line divides in the ratio 1 : 2
A line divides internally in the ratio m : n
The point P = ($$\frac{mx_{2}+nx_{1}}{m+n}$$, $$\frac{my_{2}+ny_{1}}{m+n}$$)
m = 1, n = 2, x1 = 7, x2 = 13, y1 = – 5, y2 = 1
By the given equation,
The Point B = ($$\frac{13+14}{3}$$, $$\frac{1-10}{3}$$)
= ($$\frac{27}{3}$$, $$\frac{-9}{3}$$)
= (9, -3)
∴ The three points A, B and C are collinear.

Question 7.
A line segment AB is increased along its length by 25% by producing it to C on the side of B. If A and B have the coordinates (-2, -3) and (2, 1) respectively, then find the coordinates of C.
Solution:
Let the point C be (a, b)

The ratio is 4 : 1 (m : n)
A line divides internally in the ratio m : n

$$\frac{4a-2}{5}$$ = 2
4a – 2 = 10
4a = 12
a = $$\frac{12}{4}$$ = 3
and
$$\frac{4b-3}{5}$$ = 1
4b – 3 = 5
4b = 8
b = $$\frac{8}{4}$$ = 2
The co-ordinate of C is (3, 2)