Friday, March 1, 2013

Coordinate Systems Geometry

Introduction of coordinate systems geometry:

Geometry is one of the basic and oldest topics in the mathematics. Geometry is used to study the characteristics and properties of the figure. Let every point on a straight line is associated with exactly one real number only. Rene Descartes, a mathematician who is the first man to introduce an algebraic geometry of coordinate systems. A plane is a collection of points in a space of the coordinate systems of geometry.Is this topic Lateral Area of a Rectangular Prism hard for you? Watch out for my coming posts.

About the coordinate systems:


Let us consider a sheet of the paper as the plane and draw two fixed perpendicular straight lines in that plane of the paper which will be intersecting at a point.

We always draw a straight line in horizontal direction and the other line will be a vertical line. These two lines which will meet at a common point and it is named as O and called the origin.

We represents that the horizontal as x–axis and the vertical line as y–axis.

The two lines which divides the plane into four parts namely quadrants. These quadrants are named as I quadrant, II quadrant, III quadrant and IV quadrant in geometry systems.

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Constructing co-ordinates system geometry:


Consider any point P in the plane. This point P lies in a quadrant.

From P, draw a straight line parallel to the y–axis to meet the x–axis at the point L, and draw a straight line parallel to the x–axis to meet the y–axis at the point M.

Let 'a' representing the point L on x–axis and 'b' representing the point M on y–axis.

If P lies on the x– axis, then b = 0.If a = 0, then a> 0 and b > 0. If a < 0 and b > 0, then P lies within the II quadrant.

If P lies within the III quadrant, then a< 0 and b < 0. If a > 0 and b < 0, then P lies within the IV quadrant If P is the point O, then a = 0 and b = 0. The number a is called the x–coordinate of the coordinate system of point P and the number b the y–coordinate of the coordinate systems of geometry.

The plane now is called the rectangular coordinate plane systems or the xy–plane.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

How To Solve Geometry

Introduction :

Geometry is a branch of mathematics, which deals with lines, curves, solids, surfaces and points in space. In geometry, a point has a position only and is represented by a dot. A point has no length, width, or thickness. A line has length but no thickness or width. The position of a line with end points are called line segment.


How to solve Geometry Problems:


Geometry Problem 1:

Solve the equation of the straight line parallel to 6x + 4y = 12 and which passes through the point (3, − 3).

Solution:
The straight line parallel to 6x + 4y − 12 = 0 is of the form
6x + 4y + k = 0 … (1)
the point (3, − 3) satisfies the equation (1)
Hence 18 − 12 + k = 0 i.e. k = -6
3x + 2y - 6 = 0 is the equation of the required straight line.

Geometry Problem 2:

Solve the equation of the straight-line perpendicular to the straight line 3x + 4y + 28 = 0 and passing through the point (− 1, 4).

Solution:
The equation of any straight- line perpendicular to 3x + 4y + 28 = 0 is of the form4x − 3y + k = 0
the point (− 1, 4) lies on the straight line    4x − 3y + k = 0
− 4 − 12 + k = 0 ⇒ k = 16
the equation of the required straight line is 4x − 3y + 16 = 0

Geometry problem 3:

The lengths of two sides of right triangle are 7 cm and 24cm. Find its hypotenuses.

Solution:

AC = 7 cm
BC = 24 cm
AB  = ?
AB^2 = 7^2 + 24^2
= 49 + 576
AB^2  = 625
AB = √625 = 25

Thus, the hypotenuses are 25 cms in length.



Geometry Problems to practice:


1) Solve the equation of straight line passing through the points (1, 2) and (3, − 4).

Ans: 3x+y = 5

2) Solve the distance between the parallel lines 2x + 3y − 6=0 and 2x + 3y + 7 = 0.

Ans: √13 units

3) Find the point of intersection of the straight lines 5x + 4y − 13 = 0 and 3x + y − 5 = 0.

Ans: The point of intersection is (1, 2)

4) Solve the equation of the curve formed by the set of all those points the sum of whose distances from the points A (4, 0, 0) and B (-4, 0, 0) is 10 units.

Ans: 9x^2+25y^2+25z^2-225=0.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Geometry Expression

Introduction for geometry expression:
Geometry expression is one of the most important lesson in the geometry. Geometry gives the different geometrical shapes and diagrams in our daily life such as articles in the houses, wells, buildings, bridges etc. The word ‘Geometry’ means a learning of properties for diagrams and shapes. The basic shapes of geometry are point, line, square, rectangle, triangle, and circle. The geometry of plane figure is known as Euclidean geometry or plane geometry. Here we are going to learn about examples of geometry expression problems and practice problem. Understanding Definition for Trapezoid is always challenging for me but thanks to all math help websites to help me out.


Example problems for geometry expression:


Problem 1:

Find the equation of the line having slope 1/2 and y-intercept -3.

Given:

m = `1/2` , b = -3

y = mx +b

Solution:

Apply the slope-intercept formula, the equation of the line is

y = `1/2` x + (-3)

2y = x - 6

x - 2y - 6 = 0

Problem 2:

Solve of geometric expressions based on two angles of a triangle measure 35° and 75° and to find the measure of the third angle.

Solution:

Let the measure of third angle be X

We know that the sum, of the angles of a triangle is 180°

35° + 75° + x = 180°

Solving the expression we get,

110° + x = 180°

X  = 180° – 110°

= 70°

Problem 3:

Find the midpoint between the given points (1, 3) and (3, 7).

Solution:

Given: x1 = 1, y1 = 3 and x2 = 3, y2 = 7

Formula:

(xm, ym) = [`(x1 + x2) / 2 ` , `(y1 + y2) / 2` ].

=` (1 + 3) / 2` ,` (3 + 7) / 2`

= `4 / 2` , `10 / 2` .

= 2, 5

Answer:

The midpoint for the given points (2, 5)

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Practice problems for geometry expression:


1. Find the area of the rectangle with the length is 13 cm and breadth is 10 cm

Ans: 130

2. Solve the geometric expression based on the triangle ratio. The triangle ratios are 3: 2: 4. Find the angles of a triangle.

Ans: 60°, 40°, 80°

3. Find the slope and y-intercept of the line equation is 3x + 4y + 5 = 0.

Ans: Slope(m) = -3/4, y - intercept(c) = -5/4