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In the Cartesian coordinate system, there is a Cartesian plane which is made up of two number lines which are perpendicular to each other, i.e. x-axis (horizontal) and y-axis (vertical) which represents the two variables. These two perpendicular lines are called the coordinate axis.
The intersection point of these two lines is known as the center or the origin of the coordinate plane. Its coordinates are (0, 0).
Any point on this coordinate plane is represented by the ordered pair of numbers. Let (a, b) is an ordered pair then a is the x-coordinate and b is the y-coordinate.
The distance of any point from the y-axis is called its x-coordinate or abscissa and the distance of any point from the x-axis is called its y-coordinate or ordinate.
The Cartesian plane is divided into four quadrants I, II, III and IV.
An equation of line is used to plot the graph of the line on the cartesian plane.
The equation of a line is written in slope intercept form as
y = mx +b
where m is the slope of the line and b is the y intercept.
To find the slope of the line first we need to convert the equation in the slope intercept form then we can get the slope and y intercept easily.
The distance between any two points A(x1,y1) and B(x2,y2) is calculated by
Example
Find the distance between the points D and E, in the given figure.
Solution
This shows that this is same as Pythagoras theorem. As in Pythagoras theorem
If we have to find the distance of any point from the origin then, one point is P(x,y) and the other point is the origin itself, which is O(0,0). So according to the above distance formula, it will be
Section formula
If P(x, y) is any point on the line segment AB, which divides AB in the ratio of m: n, then the coordinates of the point P(x, y) will be
If P(x, y) is the mid-point of the line segment AB, which divides AB in the ratio of 1:1, then the coordinates of the point P(x, y) will be
Here ABC is a triangle with vertices A(x1, y1), B(x2, y2) and C(x3, y3). To find the area of the triangle we need to draw AP, BQ and CR perpendiculars from A, B and C, respectively, to the x-axis. Now we can see that ABQP, APRC and BQRC are all trapeziums.
Area of triangle ABC = Area of trapezium ABQP + Area of trapezium APRC – Area of trapezium BQRC.
Therefore,
Remark: If the area of the triangle is zero then the given three points must be collinear.
Let’s see how to find the area of quadrilateral ABCD whose vertices are A (-4,-2), B (-3,-5), C (3,-2) and D (2, 3).
If ABCD is a quadrilateral then we get the two triangles by joining A and C. To find the area of Quadrilateral ABCD we can find the area of ∆ ABC and ∆ ADC and then add them.
Like the triangle, we can easily find the area of any polygon if we know the coordinates of all the vertices of the polygon.
If we have a polygon with n number of vertices, then the formula for the area will be
Where x1 is the x coordinate of vertex 1 and yn is the y coordinate of the nth vertex etc.
Find the area of the given quadrilateral.
To find the area of the given quadrilateral-
Make a table of x and y coordinates of each vertex. Do it clockwise or anti-clockwise.
Simplify the first two rows by:
Multiplying the first row x by the second row y. (red)
Multiplying the first row y by the second row x (blue)
Subtract the second product form the first.
Repeat this for all the other rows.
Now add these results.
The area of the quadrilateral is 45.5 as area will always be in positive.
Centroid of a triangle is the point where all the three medians of the triangle meet with each other.
Here ABC is a triangle with vertices A(x1, y1), B(x2, y2) and C(x3, y3). The centroid of the triangle is the point with the coordinates (x, y).
The coordinates of the centroid will be calculated as
Remarks
In coordinate geometry, polygons are formed by x and y coordinates of its vertices. So in order to prove that the given figure is a:
If the coordinates of the centroid of a triangle are (1, 3) and two of its vertices are (- 7, 6) and (8, 5), then what will be the third vertex of the triangle?
Let the third vertex of the triangle be P(x, y)
Since the centroid of the triangle is (1, 3)
Hence the coordinate of the third vertex are (2, – 2).
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