Straight Line and a Point
Straight Line and a Point: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Foot of Perpendicular from a Point to a Line, Image of a Point in a Line Mirror, Relative Position of Two Points with Respect to a Line & Position of a Point with Respect to a Triangle etc.
Important Questions on Straight Line and a Point
The line meets the -axis at & the -axis at . The perpendicular bisector of meets the line through parallel to -axis at . Then the area ( in square units ) of the triangle is

The equation of the perpendicular bisectors of the sides and of a are and respectively. If the point is then the equation of the line is.

Let and be two given point and be the straight line
Column indicates different points on line.
Column indicates different quantity required
Column indicates value of different points for the required quantity.
Column I | Column II | Column III |
(I) Point on | (i) minimum | (P) |
(II) Point on | (ii) minimum | (Q) |
(III) Point on | (iii). maximum | (R) |
(IV) Point on | (iv) | (S) |
Which of the following options is the only CORRECT combination?

In straight lines, prove that the reflection of with respect of axis is using the foot of perpendicular method

If the points and lie on the opposite sides of the line , then

If is the reflection of in the line , then the value of is

is any point on the line and is the origin. If is the point and , the bisector of , meets the -axis in , show that the locus of the foot of the perpendicular from to is the curve .

Show that the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from the origin upon the straight lines and are collinear. Find the equation of the line of collinearity.

If is the equation of reflected ray of a ray of light along about - axis, then the perpendicular distance of point from is

If the image of point with respect to the line is , then find .

For the following shaded region, the linear constraints are

If one of the lines passes through the point then

The equation of the image of line with respect to the line mirror is

Complete the following table :
Point | Tranformation | Image |
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Complete the following table :
Point | Tranformation | Image |
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If in medians and are perpendicular then area of

Image of point in plane is given by . Find product .

Find the values of such that the variable point lies inside the triangle whose sides are and .

Find the range of for which the points and lie on opposite sides of the line .

How the following pairs of points are placed w.r.t. the line
and
