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If arithmetic mean of reciprocals of intercepts of line on coordinate axes is , then this line will pass through the point
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Correct option: B
Option B is correct. If the arithmetic mean of reciprocals of intercepts of the line on coordinate axes is , then this line will pass through the point .
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If the image of point in a line is , then the image of point in the same line is:
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Correct option: D
The correct answer is D ((7,7)) because it involves finding the equation of the line L using the midpoint and slope of PQ, then finding the image of R in that line.
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The distance of the point from the line , measured parallel to the line , is equal to
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Correct option: D
The correct answer is D () because it represents the distance calculated using parametric coordinates and the given line equations.
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The line is translated parallel to itself by 3 units in the sense of increasing and then rotated by in the clockwise direction about the point where the shifted line cuts the x-axis. The equation of the line in the new position is
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Correct option: A
The correct answer is A () because it represents the equation of the translated and rotated line, considering the shift and the clockwise rotation about the new x-intercept.
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The equation to the bisecting the join of and (5,2) and having its intercepts on the x-axis and the y-axis in the ratio 2 : 1 is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it bisects the join of the points and has the specified intercepts ratio.
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The equation of a straight line equally inclined to the axes and equidistant from the points and is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents a line equally inclined to the axes and equidistant from the given points, which is found by solving for the constant term in the line equation.
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If , then family of straight lines passes through a fixed point whose coordinates are given by
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Correct option: A
Option A (1/2, 1/3) is correct because it represents the fixed point through which the family of lines passes, derived by setting up and solving simultaneous equations.
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The equation of bisector of that angle between the lines and which contains the point is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the angle bisector that contains the given point (10, -20).
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If A and B are two fixed points, then the locus of a point which moves in such a way that the angle APB is a right angle is
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Correct option: A
A circle
Option A (A circle) is correct because the locus of a point P such that angle APB is a right angle is a circle with AB as the diameter.
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The angle between the lines represented by the equation is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is calculated by using the formula for the angle between the lines and trigonometric identities.
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If is the origin and is a variable point on , then the locus of the mid-point of , is
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Correct option: D
Option D is correct. If is the origin and is a variable point on , then the locus of the mid-point of is .
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The line which is parallel to x-axis and crosses the curve at an angle , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents a line parallel to the x-axis that intersects the curve at a 45-degree angle.
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A line having slope '1' is drawn from a point cuts a curve at . Find .
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Correct option: A
14
Option A (14) is correct because it is the product of the distances from the point A to the intersection points P and Q, found by solving the quadratic equation and applying Vieta's formulas.
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The line will be a bisector of the angle between the lines represented by the equation , if
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the line x - 2y = 0 is a bisector, and using the properties of angle bisectors and the given equation, we can solve for h.
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If the line intersects the coordinate axes at (a,0) and (0,b), thyen the value of a+b is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option A () is correct because it represents the sum of the x and y intercepts of the line px - qy = r.
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A line through the point intersects the line at the point The minimum distance of is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the minimum distance AP, which is the perpendicular distance from A to the line x+y=9.
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Family of a lines , for different real , is
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Correct option: C
concurrent at
Option C (concurrent at ) is correct because all lines in the family pass through this specific point, regardless of the value of .
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Consider a family of straight lines . Equation of the straight line belonging to this family that is farthest from is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it represents the line in the family that is perpendicular to the line connecting the point of concurrency and the given point.
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A line AB makes zero intercepts on x-axis and y-axis and it is perpendicular to another line CD which is . The equation of line AB is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the line passes through the origin and is perpendicular to the given line.
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Number of lines drawn from the point so that its distance from will be equal to 12 are
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the discriminant of the resulting quadratic equation is negative, indicating no real solutions for the slope 'm', and thus no such lines exist.
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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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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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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 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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The measure of the angle between the lines and is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it represents the absolute difference between the angles, which gives the acute angle between the lines.
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If and are three given points, then locus of the point satisfying the relation , is
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Correct option: D
a straight line parallel to -axis
Option D (a straight line parallel to -axis) is correct because the locus simplifies to an equation of the form , which represents a vertical line.
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The value of for which the lines joining the point of intersection of curves and to the origin are equally inclined to the -axis, where and , is
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Correct option: B
12
Option B (12) is correct because it is the value of that makes the lines joining the intersection points of the curves to the origin equally inclined to the X-axis.
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The image of the point (4,-3) with respect to the line y=x is
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Correct option: D
Option D ((-3,4)) is correct because it represents the reflection of the point (4,-3) across the line y=x.
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If is the locus of a point, which moves such that it is always equidistant from the lines and , then the value of equals
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Correct option: C
14
Option C (14) is correct because it involves finding the equation of the angle bisectors, comparing it to the given equation, and then calculating g+c+h-f.
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The acute angle formed between the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the curves and , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated by homogenizing the equation and then applying the formula for the angle between the lines.
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