Different Forms of the Equation of a Straight Line

Author:R D Sharma
11th CBSE
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Important Questions on Different Forms of the Equation of a Straight Line

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Write an equation representing a pair of lines through the point (a,b) and parallel to the coordinate axes.

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If a, b, c are in G.P. write the area of the triangle formed by the line ax+by+c=0 with the coordinates axes.

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If abc, write the condition for which the equations (b-c) x+(c-a) y+(a-b)=0 and b3-c3x+c3-a3y+a3-b3=0 represent the same line.

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Write the integral values of m for which the x -coordinate of the point of intersection of the lines y=mx+1 and 3x+4y=9 is an integer.

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Write the sum of the coordinates of the image of the point (3,8) in the line x+3y-7=0.

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If the diagonals of the quadrilateral formed by the lines l1x+m1y+n1=0, l2x+m2y+n2=0, l1x+m1y+n1'=0 and l2x+m2y+n2'=0 are perpendicular, then write the value of l12-l22+m12-m22.

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Write the area of the triangle formed by the coordinate axes and the line (secθ-tanθ)x+(secθ+tanθ)y=2.

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Write the value of θ  (0 , π2) for which area of the triangle formed by points O(0,0), A(a cos θ, b sin θ) and B(a cos θ,-b sin θ) is maximum.

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If the centroid of a triangle formed by the points (0,0), (cosθ,sinθ) and (sinθ,-cosθ) lies on the line y=2x, then write the value of tanθ.

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Write the coordinates of the orthocentre of the triangle formed by the lines x2-y2=0 and x+6y=18.

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The ratio in which the line 3x+4y+2=0 divides the distance between the lines 3x+4y+5=0 and 3x+4y-5=0 is

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The equation of the line with slope -32 and which is concurrent with the lines 4x+3y-7=0 and 8x+5y-1=0 is

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The angle between the lines 2x-y+3=0 and x+2y+3=0 is

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The centroid of a triangle is (2,7) and two of its vertices are (4,8) and (-2,6) .The third vertex is

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The equations of perpendicular bisectors of the sides AB and AC of a triangle ABC are x-y+5=0 and x+2y=0 respectively. If the point A is 1,-2, find the equation of the line BC.

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Find the equation of the straight line which cuts off intercepts on x-axis twice that on y-axis and is at a unit distance from the origin.

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The line 2x+3y=12 meets thex-axis at A and y-axis at B. The line through (5,5) perpendicular to AB meets the x-axis and the line AB at C and E respectively. If O is the origin, find the area of figure OCEB.

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A line is such that its segment between the straight lines 5x  y  4 = 0 and 3x + 4y  4 = 0 is bisected at the point (1, 5). Obtain its equation.

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Find the distance of the line 2x + y = 3 from the point (1, 3) in the direction of the line whose slope is 1.

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Find the distance of the point (2, 5) from the line 3x + y + 4 = 0 measured parallel to the line 3x  4y + 8 = 0.