CLASS-10
Ch.7 – Coordinate Geometry
Formula
Sr. No Type Explanation
1 Distance Formula 1. Distance Formula Between 2 Points in a 2D
Plane:
D = √(x2 − x1 )2 + (y2 − y1 )2
2. Distance Formula Between 2 Points in a 2D
Plane in Polar Coordinates:
3. Distance Formula Between 2 Points in a 3D
Plane:
4. Distance Formula Between a Point
(x1 , y1 ) and a Line Ax + By + C = 0
5. Distance Formula Between Two Parallel lines
y = mx + c1 and y = mx + c2
2 Section Formula 1. Section Formula When the Line Segment
Separated Internally by a Point
P (x, y) dividing line segment joining points
A (x1 , y1 ) and B (x2 , y2 ) internally in the ratio
m: n.
2. Section Formula When the Line Segment
Separated Externally by a Point
P (x, y) dividing line segment joining points
A (x1 , y1 ) and B (x2 , y2 ) internally in the ratio
m: n.
3. The midpoint of any line segment divides it in
the ratio 1: 1.
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4. Points of Trisection
P and Q which divides the line segment
joining A (x1 , y1 ) and B (x2 , y2 ) into three
equal parts:
AP: PB = 1: 2
AQ: QB = 2: 1
5. If A (x1 , y1 ) and B (x2 , y2 ) and C (x3 , y3 ) are
the vertices of a ΔABC, then the coordinates
of its centroid(P) is given by
3 Area of a Triangle 1. Area of a Right-Angled Triangle
A = ½ x Base x Height.
2. Area of an Equilateral Triangle
3. Area of an Isosceles Triangle
A = ½ x Base x Height
4. Area of Triangle With all 3 Sides Different
4 Collinearity Condition If three points A, B and C are collinear and B lies
between A and C, then,
1. AB + BC = AC. AB, BC, and AC can be
calculated using the distance formula.
2. The ratio in which B divides AC,
calculated using section formula for both
the x and y coordinates separately will be
equal.
3. Area of a triangle formed by three
collinear points is zero.
Q Check whether (5, – 2), (6, 4) and (7, – 2) are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
Q Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (– 3, 10) and (6, – 8) is
divided by (– 1, 6).
Q Find the area of the triangle formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of the triangle
whose vertices are (0, –1), (2, 1) and (0, 3). Find the ratio of this area to the area of the
given triangle.
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