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JEE • MATHEMATICS • STRAIGHT LINES
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Let the perpendiculars from any point on the line upon the lines and have the lengths and respectively. Then,
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the line is the angle bisector of the two lines, hence the perpendicular distances are equal.
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Easy
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Application
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The base vertices of an isosceles triangle PQR are and . The vertex can be
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it satisfies the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment QR, which is the locus of point P.
303
Easy
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Analyzing
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The equation of line through the point (1, 2) whose distance from the point (3, 1) has the greatest value, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the line that maximizes the distance between two points passes through both points.
304
Easy
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The angle between the two straight lines is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the angle between the two straight lines represented by the given equation.
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If the parametric coordinates of a point are , then the locus of the point is
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Correct option: B
Option B (()) is correct because it represents the locus of the point derived from the given parametric coordinates.
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Application
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What is the equation of the locus of a point which moves such that 4 times its distance from the -axis is the square of its distance from the origin?
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it directly represents the locus of a point where 4 times its distance from the x-axis equals the square of its distance from the origin.
307
Easy
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Analyzing
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If two vertices of a triangle are and . Orthocentre lies at the origin and centroid on the line , then the third vertex lies at
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Correct option: D
None of these
The correct answer is D (None of these) because the calculated third vertex does not match any of the given options after applying the orthocenter and centroid conditions.
308
Easy
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If one vertex of an equilateral triangle is at (2,-1) and the base is then the length of each side is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the side length of the equilateral triangle calculated using the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base.
309
Easy
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The line passing through and perpendicular to is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the line perpendicular to the given line and passing through the specified point in polar coordinates.
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The image of on is and the image of on the line is . Then the mid point of is
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Correct option: D
Option D ((0,0)) is correct because the image of P(a, b) on y = -x is Q(-b, -a), and the image of Q on y = x is R(-a, -b). The midpoint of PR is then ((a - a)/2, (b - b)/2) = (0, 0).
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If three points and lie on a line then
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is derived from the condition that the determinant of the matrix formed by the points is zero, indicating collinearity.
312
Easy
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Application
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Points on the line that lie at a unit distance from the line are
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Correct option: A
(3,1) and (-7,11)
Option A ((3,1) and (-7,11)) is correct because these are the points on the line x+y=4 that are at a unit distance from the line 4x+3y-10=0.
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Application
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The equation of a straight line which passes through the point and perpendicular to is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the equation of a line passing through the given point and perpendicular to the given line.
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Equation of the straight line making equal intercepts on the axes and passing through the point (2, 4), is
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Correct option: C
The correct answer is C (x + y - 6 = 0) because the equation of a line making equal intercepts on the axes and passing through (2, 4) is found.
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Analyzing
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If , then orthocentre of the triangle formed by the points and , lies on
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Correct option: B
Option B ((-a, 0)) is correct because the orthocenter of the triangle formed by the given points lies on the line x = -a, which means the orthocenter is (-a, 0).
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Equation of a line passing through the line of interception of lines and perpendicular to is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents a line passing through the intersection of the given lines and is perpendicular to the specified line.
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A point moves in such a way that the square of its distance from the point (3,-2) is equal to numerically its distance from the line . The equation of the locus of the point is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the locus of the point satisfying the given condition.
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If as well as are in GP with the same common ratio, then the points and
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Correct option: D
Lie on a straight line
Option D (Lie on a straight line) is correct because the ratio of the y-coordinates to the x-coordinates is constant, indicating collinearity.
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Application
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Two points A and B move on the coordinate axes such that the distance between them remains same. The locus of the mid-point of AB is
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Correct option: C
A circle
Option C (A circle) is correct because the locus of the midpoint of AB, where A and B move on the coordinate axes such that the distance between them remains constant, is a circle.
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If 3, 4 are intercepts of a line L≡0, then the distance of L≡0 from the origin is
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Correct option: D
units
Option D () is correct because it represents the other line when 2x-y=1 bisects the angle between it and y=x.
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Application
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The point is shifted by units parallel to the line , in the direction of increasing ordinate, to reach . The image of in the line , is
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Correct option: B
Option B ((-3,2)) is correct because it represents the image of the translated point Q in the line x+y=1.
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Medium
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Analyzing
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Let be the angle between two lines and and be the angle between two lines and , where are any real numbers :
Statement-1: If and are proportional, then . Statement-2: for all and .
Statement-1: If and are proportional, then . Statement-2: for all and .
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Correct option: A
Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation of Statement-1.
Option A (Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation of Statement-1) is correct because the angles are equal when the lines are parallel, and this parallelism is implied when the constants are proportional.
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Application
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The equation of a line passing through and perpendicular to the line , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the equation of the line passing through the given point and perpendicular to the given line.
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In a triangle , coordinates of are and the equations of medians through and are and respectively. The coordinates of and are respectively
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Correct option: D
Option D ((4,3),(7,-2)) is correct because it satisfies the median equations and the coordinates of vertex A.
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Orthocentre of the triangle whose sides are given by and is
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Correct option: D
Option D ((1,2)) is correct because the intersection of two perpendicular sides gives the orthocenter.
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Analyzing
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The equation represents a/an
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Correct option: A
straight line
The correct answer is A (straight line) because after squaring and simplifying, the given equation reduces to a linear equation.
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Medium
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Analyzing
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If the points and are collinear, then the number of values of is
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Correct option: B
1
Option B (1) is correct because solving the collinearity condition using the determinant results in a single valid value for within the given interval.
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The slopes of the line which passes through the origin, and the mid-point of the line segment joining the points. and is
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Correct option: A
3
Option A (3) is correct because it is the slope of the line passing through the origin and the midpoint of the line segment joining P and Q.
329
Medium
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Understanding
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The parallelism condition for two straight lines one of which is specified by the equation and the other being represented parametrically by is given by
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the condition where the slopes of the two lines are equal.
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Given a family of lines , the number of lines belonging to the family at a distance from is
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Correct option: B
1
Option B (1) is correct because only one line in the family is at the specified distance from the point P.
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