Linear Graphs (y = mx + c)Edexcel IGCSE Maths: Subtopic test
10 questions, 26 marks
Edexcel IGCSE Maths
Linear Graphs (y = mx + c)
Total 26 marks
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- 1A delivery company models the cost of three delivery routes as straight-line graphs. Route 1 has equation . Route 2 passes through the points and . Route 3 is parallel to and passes through .(a)A straight line has equation . What is its gradient?[1 mark]
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(b)Route 2 passes through the points and . What is the gradient of this line?[1 mark]- A
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(c)Route 3 is parallel to and passes through . What is the equation of Route 3?[1 mark]- A
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Total for question 1: 3 marks
- 2A phone company offers a contract with monthly cost , where is gigabytes of data used and is cost in dollars. A rival contract passes through the points and .(a)A phone contract's monthly cost, dollars, for gigabytes of data used is given by . State the gradient and the -intercept, and explain what each represents in this context.[2 marks](b)A rival phone contract's cost graph passes through the points and . Find the equation of this line in the form .[2 marks]
Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3Two straight lines are studied on a coordinate grid. Line passes through the points and . Line is perpendicular to and passes through the point .(a)Line passes through the points and . Find the equation of in the form , showing your working clearly.[3 marks](b)Line is perpendicular to and passes through the point . Find the equation of in the form .[3 marks]
Total for question 3: 6 marks
- 4A construction firm plans a straight access road through points and on a site plan (coordinates in hundreds of metres). A second road must be built parallel to , passing through point . A third road must be built perpendicular to , crossing it exactly at point .(a)A construction firm plans a straight access road represented by the line through points and on a site plan, with coordinates in hundreds of metres. Find the equation of line in the form , showing all working.[4 marks](b)A second road is built parallel to , passing through point . Find the equation of this second road in the form .[4 marks](c)A third road must be built perpendicular to , crossing it exactly at point . Find the equation of this third road in the form , showing all steps, and verify that point lies on your line.[5 marks]
Total for question 4: 13 marks
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