Distance of a Point From a Line

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Distance of a Point From a Line: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as distance of a point from the origin, perpendicular distance of a point from a line, distance between two parallel lines, length of the perpendicular from origin to the line, etc.

Important Questions on Distance of a Point From a Line

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The length of perpendicular dropped from the origin to the line 3x+ky=10 is 2 units then values of k is/are

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Let the equations of two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD be 2x-3y=-23 and 5x+4y=23. If the equation of its one diagonal AC is 3x+7y=23  and the distance of A from the other diagonal is d, then 50d2 is equal to ______________

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Prove that the area made by y=m1x+c1, y=m2x+c2 and x=0 is 12c1-c22m1-m2.

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Find the distance of the point 3, -5 from the line 3x-4y-26=0.

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A point Px,y moves such that the sum of its distances from the lines 2x-y-3=0 and x+3y+4=0 is 7, then the area bounded by locus of P is

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The perpendicular distance between the lines 2x-y=11 and 6x-3y+11=0 is

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Ravi is doing experiment with distance and other parameters between points P(3,4) and line Lx+y=1. Perpendicular distance between P and L is

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If L1,L2 denotes the line x+2y-2=02x+3y+4=0, then

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The co-ordinates of the point where line xa+yb=7 intersects y-axis are

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If the line x-y+1=0 cuts the lines 2x+2y+3=0 and 3x+3y+2=0 at the points A and B respectively, then AB=

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The Locus of centers of the circles, possessing the same area and having 3x-4y+4=0 and 6x-8y-7=0 as their common tangent, is

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The number of lines that can be drawn from the point 2,3, so that its distance from -1,6 is equal to 6 is

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A line makes an intercept of 5 and 4 on the x-axis and y-axis respectively. If the axes are rotated about the origin by an angle α such that the length of the intercept on the new x-axis is 8. The length of intercept on new y-axis is

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Find the distance between the parallel lines 3x-4y+7=0 and 3x-4y+5=0.

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If the points A-5, 3, B-1, -1, C3, 2 & D-1, 6 are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, then taking BC as the base, find the height of the parallelogram.

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Consider two lines L1 and L2 given by 3x+4y-7=0 and 4x-3y-1=0 respectively and a variable point P. Let dP,Li, i=1,2 represents the perpendicular distance of point P from the line Li. If point P moves in a certain region R in such a way that 62dP,L1+3dP,L212, then the area of the region R :

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Find the distance between the point 1,3 and the origin.

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If p is the length of the perpendicular from the origin on the line xa+yb=1, then

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Two mutually perpendicular straight lines through the origin form an isosceles triangle with the line 2x+y=5, then the area (in sq. units) of the triangle is

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What is the distance of point 5, 12 from the origin?