Linear Graphs (Edexcel GCSE Maths: Higher)

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On the grid, draw the graph of y equals space 3 x space long dash space 2 for values of x from long dash 1 space to space 3

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Line bold L is drawn on the grid below.

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Find the equation for the straight line bold L.
Give your answer in the form y space equals space m x space plus space c

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On the grid, draw the graph of space y space equals space 1 half x space plus space 5 space for values of x from negative 2 space to space 4

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Complete the table of values for y space equals space 2 x space plus space 5

x

negative 2

negative 1

0

1

2

y

1

 

5

 

 

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On the grid, draw the graph of y equals space 2 x space plus space 5 for values of x from x space equals negative 2 space to space x equals space 2

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On the grid, draw the graph of y space equals space 8 long dash space 2 x space for values of x from —1 to 4

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The line bold L is shown on the grid.

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Find an equation for bold L.

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On the grid below, draw the graph of y space equals space 2 x space long dash space 3 for values of x from long dash 2 space to space 4

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The straight line bold L has equation 2 y plus 7 x equals 10

Find the coordinates of the point where bold L crosses the y‐axis.

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Write down an equation of the straight line with gradient –3 and which passes through the point with coordinates (0, 5)

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Write down an equation of a line that is parallel to the line with equation y space equals space 7 space – space 4 x

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This graph shows part of a straight line.

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Show that the gradient of the line is 2.5.

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Write down the equation of the line.

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A line has equation 3 y space equals space 3 x space – space 2

Circle the coordinates of the intercept of the line with the y-axis.

(0, 1)

 (0, –1)

open parentheses 0 comma 2 over 3 close parentheses

open parentheses 0 comma negative 2 over 3 close parentheses

      

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Two straight lines intersect at point P.

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Circle the coordinates of P.

left parenthesis – 3 comma space – 1 right parenthesis

open parentheses negative 1 space comma negative space 1 third close parentheses

left parenthesis – 1 comma space – 3 right parenthesis

open parentheses negative space 1 third space comma space minus 1 space close parentheses

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On the grid, draw the graph of y space equals space 2 x minus space 3 for values of x from negative 2 space to space 3

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On the grid, draw the graph of y space equals space 3 x space plus space 2 for values of x from negative 2 space to space 2

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The equation of the line straight L subscript 1 is y space equals space 3 x space minus space 2
The equation of the line straight L subscript 2 is 3 y minus space 9 x plus space 5 space equals space 0

Show that these two lines are parallel.

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bold L subscript 1 and bold L subscript 2 are parallel lines.

The equation of bold L subscript 1 is space y space equals space 3 x space plus space 2 space
bold L subscript 2 passes through the point  left parenthesis 3 comma space 4 right parenthesis.

Find an equation for bold L subscript 2.

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The diagram shows a straight line, straight L subscript 1, drawn on a grid.

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A straight line, straight L subscript 2, is parallel to the straight line straight L subscript 1 and passes through the point space left parenthesis 0 comma space minus 5 right parenthesis.
Find an equation of the straight line straight L subscript 2.

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A B spaceis a line segment.

The midpoint of the line segment A B spacehas coordinates (3, 5)
Point Ahas coordinates (9, 2)

Work out the coordinates of point B.

6b
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Work out an equation of the straight line that passes through (9, 2) and (3, 5)

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7a
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The line l subscript 1 has equation 3 x space plus space 5 y space minus 2 space equals space 0

Find the gradient of l subscript 1.

7b
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The line l subscript 2 is perpendicular to l subscript 1 and passes through the point (3, 1).

Find the equation of l subscript 2 in the form y space equals space m x space plus space c, where m and c are constants.

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The straight line bold L subscript bold 1 has equation x space plus space 2 y space equals space 4

The straight line bold L subscript bold 2 passes through the points left parenthesis negative 1 comma space minus 7 right parenthesis and left parenthesis 7 comma space 9 right parenthesis
Michael says that the lines bold L subscript bold 1 and bold L subscript bold 2 are perpendicular.

Is Michael correct?
You must show clearly how you get your answer.

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The straight line bold L subscript bold 1 bold spacehas equation 2 y space equals space 6 x space minus space 5

The straight line bold L subscript bold 2 is perpendicular to bold L subscript bold 1 and passes through the point (9 , -1)

Find an equation for bold L subscript bold 2 bold space
Give your answer in the form a y space plus space b x space equals space c

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The graph shows two parallel lines, Line A and Line B.

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Line A has equation begin mathsize 16px style y equals 6 x plus 7 end style.
Line B passes through the point (4, 26).

Find the equation of Line B.

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A straight line passes through the point (0, 6) and is perpendicular to  y = 4x − 5.

Find the equation of this line, giving your answer in the form y = mx + c.

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Point A has coordinates (-4, 6) and point B has coordinates (8, 3).

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i) Find the gradient of line AB.

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ii) Find the equation of line AB.

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Point P has coordinates (0, -2).

Write down the equation of the line parallel to line AB that passes through P.

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Show that line 3y = 4x − 14 is perpendicular to line 4y = −3x + 48.

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The equation of a straight line is    3 x space plus space 2 y space equals space 24

Circle the point where the line crosses the x-axis.

(0, 8)

(12, 0)

(0, 12)

(8, 0)

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A straight line

has gradient 6
and
passes through the point (3, 19)

Work out the equation of the line.
Give your answer in the form y space equals space m x space plus space c

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Jim buys a plant of height 20 cm.

The graph shows how the height of the plant changes during the next 4 days.

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Work out a formula forspace h space in terms of n.

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The line bold N is drawn below.

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Find an equation of the line perpendicular to line bold N that passes through the point (0, 1).

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2
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The straight line bold L has equation 4 x space plus space y equals 7

Find an equation of the straight line perpendicular to bold L that passes through (-8, 3).

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3
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The straight line bold L has the equation 3 y space equals space 4 x space plus space 7 The point A has coordinates (3, —5)

Find an equation of the straight line that is perpendicular to bold L and passes through A.

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Find an equation of the line that passes through straight C and is perpendicular to A B.

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5a
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The line L has equation y space equals 5 space minus space 2 x.

Show that the point P space left parenthesis 3 comma space long dash 1 right parenthesis lies on L.

5b
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Find an equation of the line perpendicular to L, which passes through P. Give your answer in the form a x space plus space b y space plus space c equals 0, where a comma space b and c are integers.

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The line l subscript 1 has equation y space equals space minus 2 x plus 3
The line l subscript 2 is perpendicular to l subscript 1 and passes through the point left parenthesis 5 comma space 6 right parenthesis.

Find an equation for l subscript 2 in the form a x space plus space b y space plus space c space equals space 0, where a comma space b and c are integers.

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The line l subscript 2 crosses the x-axis at the point A and the y-axis at the point B.

Find the x-coordinate of A and the y-coordinate of B.

6c
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Given that O is the origin,

find the area of the triangle O A B.

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The points P and Q have coordinates open parentheses negative 1 comma space 6 close parentheses and open parentheses 9 comma space 0 close parentheses respectively. 

The line l is perpendicular to P Q and passes through the midpoint of P Q.

Find an equation for l.

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A is the point with coordinates left parenthesis 1 comma space 3 right parenthesis

B is the point with coordinates left parenthesis 4 comma space minus 1 right parenthesis
The straight line L goes through both A and B.

Is the line with equation 2 y space equals space 3 x space long dash space 4 perpendicular to line L? You must show how you got your answer.

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The straight line bold L passes through the points (4, −1) and (6, 4)

The straight line bold M is perpendicular to bold L and intersects the y-axis at the point (0, 8)

Find the coordinates of the point where bold M intersects the x-axis.

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A B C D is a rhombus.

The diagonals, A C and B D, intersect at the point M.
The coordinates of M are left parenthesis 6 comma space minus 11 right parenthesis

The points A and C both lie on the line with equation 2 y space plus space 7 x space equals space 20

Find the exact coordinates of the point where the line through B and D intersects the y minus axis.

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P is the point (0, -1) and Q is the point (5, 9).

Find the equation of the line through P that is perpendicular to the line PQ.

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Here is line L and the graph of y space equals space x space – space 1

The scales of the axes are not shown.

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Work out the equation of line L.

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Show that the lines y space equals space 3 x space plus space 7 and 2 y space – space 6 x space equals space 8 are parallel.

Do not use a graphical method.

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Is the point (–5, –6) above, below or on the line y space equals space 3 x space plus space 7 ?

Tick one box.

begin mathsize 26px style square end style Above   size 26px square Below   size 26px squareOn the line

You must show your working.
Do not use a graphical method.

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Figure 1

The line l subscript 1 has equation 2 x minus 3 y plus 12 space equals 0

Find the gradient of l subscript 1.

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The line l subscript 1 crosses the x-axis at the point A spaceand the y-axis at the point B, as shown in Figure 1.

The line l subscript 2 is perpendicular to l subscript 1 and passes through B.

Find an equation of l subscript 2.

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The line l subscript 2 crosses the x-axis at the point C.

Find the area of triangle A B C.

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A B C D is a rhombus.
The coordinates of A are open parentheses 5 comma 11 close parentheses
The equation of the diagonal space D B space is y space equals space 1 half x space plus space 6
Find an equation of the diagonal A C.

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Figure 2

The line l subscript 1, shown in Figure 2 has equation 2 x space plus space 3 y equals space 26
The line l subscript 2 passes through the origin O and is perpendicular to l subscript 1

Find an equation for the line l subscript 2

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The line l subscript 2 intersects the line l subscript 1 at the point C. Line l subscript 1 crosses the y-axis at the point B as shown in Figure 2.

Find the area of triangle O B C.

Give your answer in the form a over b, where a and b are integers to be determined.

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The point P has coordinates left parenthesis 3 comma space 4 right parenthesis
The point Q has coordinates left parenthesis a comma space b right parenthesis

A line perpendicular to P Q is given by the equation 3 x space plus space 2 y equals space 7

Find an expression for b in terms of a.

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A B C D is a square.
P and D are points on the y-axis.
A is a point on the x-axis.
P A B is a straight line.

The equation of the line that passes through the points A and D space is y space equals space long dash 2 x space plus space 6
Find the length of P D.

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A(—2, 1), B(6, 5) and C(4, k) are the vertices of a right-angled triangle A B C.
Angle A B C is the right angle.

Find an equation of the line that passes through A and C.
Give your answer in the form a y space plus space b x space equals space c where a, b and c spaceare integers.

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The points A and B have coordinates (3, 4) and (7, —6) respectively. The straight line l passes through A and is perpendicular to A B. Find an equation for l, giving your answer in the form a x space plus space b y space plus space c equals space 0, where space a comma space b space and c are integers.

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A B C D spaceis a rectangle.

A comma space E and B are points on the straight line bold L spacewith equation x space plus space 2 y space equals 12 A and D are points on the straight line bold M.

A E space equals space E B

Find an equation for bold M.

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A B C is an isosceles triangle with A B space equals space A C.

B is the point with coordinates (–1, 5)
C is the point with coordinates (2, 10)
M is the midpoint of B C.

Find an equation of the line through the points A and M.
Give your answer in the form p y space plus space q x space equals space r where  p comma space q and r are integers.

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bold L subscript bold 1and bold L subscript bold 2 are two straight lines. The origin of the coordinate axes is O.

bold L subscript bold 1 has equation 5 x space plus space 10 y space equals space 8
bold L subscript bold 2 is perpendicular to bold L subscript bold 1 and passes through the point with coordinates (8, 6)

bold L subscript bold 2 crosses the x-axis at the point A.
bold L subscript bold 2 intersects the straight line with equation x space equals space – 3 at the point B.

Find the area of triangle A O B.
Show your working clearly.

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The straight line bold L passes through point A (– 6, 2) and point B (5, 3)
The straight line bold M is perpendicular to bold L and passes through the midpoint of italic A and B.
The line bold M intersects the line x space equals space – space 1 at point C.

Calculate the area of triangle A B C.

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Line A has equation y space equals space 4 x space – space 1

Line B is

perpendicular to line A
and
passes through the point (8, 5)

Work out the coordinates of the point where line B intersects the x-axis.

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