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Parallel and perpendicular linesIB MYP Maths Standard: Mind map

What this mind map covers

  • Parallel
  • Perpendicular
  • Rearranging
  • Finding an equation
  • Shortest distance

Exam questions on Parallel and perpendicular lines

  1. A line LL has equation y=3x−2y=3x-2.
    Find the equation of the line parallel to LL that passes through the point (2,1)(2,1).2 marks
  2. A line MM has equation 2x+4y=82x+4y=8.
    Determine whether the line y=2x+7y=2x+7 is perpendicular to MM. Justify your answer.2 marks
  3. A line pp has equation y=12x+1y=\frac12x+1, and PP is the point (4,5)(4,5).
    Find the equation of the line through PP that is perpendicular to pp.3 marks
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Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).