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LINEAR LAW
2.2 APPLY LINEAR LAW TO NON-LINEAR RELATIONS
2.2.3 Information from graphs and equations of straight lines
1. Table shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment. Variables x and y
are related by the equation y = px2 + pqx where p and q are constants.
x
y

1.0
16.3

2.0
37.5

3.0
63.7

4.0
95.0

5.0
131.3

6.0
172.5

y
(a) Plot x against x by using scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 5 units on the
y
x -axis. Hence draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use your graph from (a) to find the value of
(i) p,
(ii) q.

2. Table shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment. Variables x and y
are related by the equation y = pkx where p and q are constants.
x
y

1
110

2
120

3
132

4
143

5
155

6
168

(a) Plot log10 y against x by using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 0.05 unit on
the log10 y -axis. Hence draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use your graph from (a) to find the value of
(i) p,
(ii) k.

3. Table shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment. Variables x and y
y
are related by the equation h = kx+1 where h and k are constants.
x
y

1
8.1

2
14.6

3
25.7

4
47.2

5
85.0

(a) Plot log10 y against (x + 1) by using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the (x + 1)-axis and 2 cm to
0.2 unit on the log10 y -axis. Hence draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use your graph from (a) to find the value of
(i) h,
(ii) k.

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4. Table shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment. Variables x and y
k
are related by the equation y = hx + hx where h and k are constants.
x
y

1
6.0

2
4.7

3
5.2

4
6.2

5
7.1

6
7.9

(a) Using a scale of 2 cm to 5 units on both axes, plot a graph of xy against x2. Hence draw a line
of best fit.
(b) Use the graph from (a) to find the value of
(i) h,
(ii) k.

5. Table shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment. Variables x and y
p
are related by the equation y + x = qx where p and q are constants.
x
y

2
5.5

3
7.0

4
8.8

5
10.6

6
12.5

(a) Plot xy against x by using a scale of 2 cm to 5 cm on the x-axis and 2 cm to 10 units on the
xy-axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use your graph from (a) to find the value of
(i) p,
(ii) q.
(iii) Determine the value of y when x = 4.5

6. In an experiment to investigate the Boyles Law, the change in pressure, P cm of Hg, with the
change in volume, V cm, of a gas at constant temperature are recorded.
P
V

5
27.9

25
16.1

40
10.0

48
8.3

55
7.2

60
6.7

70
5.7

It is known that the pressure, P, and the volume, V, are related by the equation PV = h, where h is
a constant.

1
(a) Plot V against P by using a scale 2 cm to 10 units on the P-axis and 2 cm to 0.02 units on the
1
V -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use graph from (a) to find
(i) the value of h,
(ii) the volume of the gas when the pressure is 30 cm of Hg,
(iii) the pressure of the gas when the volume is 8 cm
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7. Table shows the values of two variables, p and q, obtained from an experiment. It is known that p
pq
b
p
and q are related by the equation
= a + p where a and b are constants.
p
q

1
-0.97

2
-1.87

3
-2.69

4
-3.42

5
-4.06

6
-4.61

pq
(a) Plot a graph of
against p using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the p-axis and 2 cm to 0.2
pq
unit on the
-axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use the graph from (a) to estimate the value of a and b.
(c) Hence find the value of p when p + q = 0.67

8. Table shows the values of two variables, x and y obtained from an experiment. It is known that x
and y are related by the equation y = axn, where a and n are constants.
x
y

1.5
11.25

2
20

3
45

4
80

5
125

6
180

8
320

(a) Plot log10 y against log10 x, by using a scale of 2 cm to 0.1 unit on the log10 x-axis and 2 cm
to 0.25 unit on the log10 y -axis. Hence draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use the graph from (a) to find the value of
(i) a,
(ii) n.

9. Table shows the values obtained from an experiment for two variables, x and y. It is known that
a
xy
b x
x
x and y are related by the equation
, where a and b are constants.
x
y

1
5.5

2
4.75

3
4.50

4
4.38

5
4.30

(a) Plot xy against x by using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 5 units on the
xy-axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use the graph from (a) to find the value of
(i) a,
(ii) b.

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10. The table below shows the experimental values of two variables, x and y. It is known that x and y

x
are related by the equation 2 y = bx + c, where a and b are constants.
x
y

1
0.4348

2
0.7692

3
1.0417

4
1.25

5
1.4286

6
1.5625

1
1
1
(a) Plot y against x , using a scale of 1 cm to 0.1 unit on the y -axis, and 2 cm to 1 units on
1
the x -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) From your graph, find the values of b and c.

11. The table below shows the values of two variables, x and y obtained from an experiment. The

b
variables are related by the equation 2y a = x , where a and b are constants.
x
y
(a)
(b)

1
3.5

1.5
3

2
2.75

3
2.5

4.5
2.33

Plot yx against x, using a scale of 4 cm to 1 units on the x-axis, and 2 cm to 1 unit on the
yx-axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
From your graph, find the
(i) values of a and b.
(ii) value of y if x = 2,7

12. The table below shows the values of two variables, x and y obtained from an experiment .It is

y
b
2
known that x and y are related by the equation 2 x - a= x , where a and b are constants.
x
y

1
1.5

2
7.5

3
18

3.5
24.94

4
33

5
52.5

y
y
(a) Plot x against x using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x -axis, and 2cm to 1 units on the xaxis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use the graph from (a) to find the value of
(i)
a and b
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(ii)

y
y if x = 2.5

13. The table below shows the values of two variables, x and y obtained from an experiment. The
variables are related by the equation 3y mx = n x , where m and n are constants.
x
y

1
5

2
8.84

3
12.48

4
16

9
32.4

1
1
y
(a) Plot x against x , using a scale of 2 cm to 0.1 units on the x -axis, and 2 cm to 1 unit
y
on the x -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) From your graph, find the values of m and n.
14. The table below shows the values of two variables, x and y obtained from an experiment. The
variables are related by the equation 3y ax = bx 2, where a and b are constants.
x
y

1
10

2
16

3
18

4
16

5
10

y
(a) Plot x against x, using a scale of 2 cm 1 unit on the x-axis, and 2 cm to 1 unit on the
y
x -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) From your graph,
(i)
find the values of a and b.
(ii)
the value of y if x = 3.6
15. The table below shows the values of two variables, x and y. It is known that x and y are related by
the equation ay + bx 2 = 6x, where a and b are constants.
x
y

0.5
2

2
16.4

4
44

5
65

6
90.36

7
118.58

y
1
1
2
(a) Plot x against x , using a scale of 2 cm to 0.2 unit on the x x-axis, and 2 cm to 1 unit on
y
2
the x -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) From your graph find the values of a and b.
16. The table below shows the values of two variables, x and y obtained from an experiment. The

p
variables are related by the equation 2y = x + q x , where p and q are constants.
x

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5.66

6.35

7.60

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9.19

8.69

(a) Plot y x against x, using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis, and 2 cm to 1 unit on the y
x -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) From your graph, find the values of p and q.
17. The following table shows the values of two variables x and y, obtained from an experiment.
x
y

2
2.6458

4
3.3316

6
3.873

8
4.3589

10
4.7958

Variables x and y are related by the equation y 2 = hx + k, where h and k are constants.
(a) Plot the graph of y 2 against x by using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 1 cm to 1
unit on the y 2 -axis and hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) From your graph, find the values of h and of k.

18. The table below shows the value of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experimental.
x
y

1.0
3.9811

1.5
16.788

2.0
125.893

2.5
1678.8

3.0
39810.72

x
It is known that x and y are related by the equation y ab , where a and b are constants.

(a) Plot log10 y against x 2 by using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x 2- axis and 2 cm to 0.5 units
on the log10y- axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use the graph in (a) to find the value of a and b.
19. The table below shows the experimental values of two variables, x and y.
x
y

1
2.5

2
3.89

3
4.91

4
5
5.75
6.48
b
ya x
x , where a and b are constants.
It is known that x and y are related by the equation
(a) Draw the graph of y x against x by using a scale 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 2
units on y x -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) From your graph, find,
(i)
the value of a and b,
(ii)
the value of y when x = 2.4
20. The table below shows the values of two variables, x and y obtained from an experiment .It is
known that x and y are related by the equation y = ax n, where a and n are constants.
x
y

2
40

4
160

5
250

7
490

8
640

9
810

11
1210

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(a) Plot log 10 y against log 10 x, using a scale of 2 cm to 0.1 units on the log 10 x-axis, and 1 cm to
0.2 units on the log 10 y -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use the graph from (a) to find the value of
(i)
a,
(ii)
n.

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