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Draw the line passing through (2, 3) and (3, 2). Find the coordinates of the points at which this line meets the x-axis and y-axis.

From the graph,


We can observe that the line joining the points(2,3) and (3,2) meets the x-axis at the point (5,0) and the y-axis at the point (o,5)

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The following line graph shows the yearly sales figures for a manufacturing company.

A. What were the sales in (i) 2002 (ii) 2006?


B. What were the sales in (i) 2003 (ii) 2005?


C. Compute the difference between the sales in 2002 and 2006.


D. In which year was there the greatest difference between the sales as comparedto its previous year?


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In the figure shown below find the coordinates of points A, B, C, D and E.


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Find the distance between the point (x, y) and origin.