Family of Straight Lines

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Family of Straight Lines: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Condition of Concurrency of Three Lines, Family of Lines, Family of Lines Passing through Origin, Family of Lines Passing through Given Point, and Family of Lines Parallel to Axes.

Important Questions on Family of Straight Lines

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The condition that the diagonals of the parallelogram formed by the lines ax + by + c = 0; ax + by + c' = 0; a'x + b'y + c = 0 & a'x + b'y + c' = 0 are at right angles is

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Find the equation of diagonals of parallelogram whose vertices when taken in order are 7,3, 6,1, 8,2, 9,4.

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If the straight lines 2x-y+1=0, 4x+y+2=0 and x+y-k=0 are concurrent, then 'k' equals _______

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The straight line (x-3)+k(y+2)=0 passes through a fixed point for all the values of k. The coordinates of the fixed point are ______

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If a+b+c=0, then the coordinates of the fixed point through which the straight line 3ax+5by+2c=0 passes are _________

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The ratio in which the straight line 3x+4y=7 divides the line segment joining the points (1, 2) and (-2, 1) is _____

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For all non-zero real values of k, the line x+ky+(1-k)=0 passes through a fixed point. Then the co-ordinates of the point are _________

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The equation of the line passing through the point of intersection of the lines 2x+y-4=0, x-3y+5=0 and lying at a distance of 5 units from the origin, is

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Let 3x2+8xy-3y2=0 represent the lines L1,L2 and 3x2+8xy-3y2+2x-4y-1=0 represent the lines L3, L4. Let L be the line joining the points of intersection of L1, L3 and L2, L4.Then, the area (in square units) of the triangle formed by L with the coordinate axes is

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If the lines 3x+y-2=0, px+2y-3=0 and 2x-y-3=0 are concurrent then p is

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If 3a+5b+6c=0 , then the family of line ax+by+c=0 pass through the fixed point _____

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A variable line which passes through the point of intersection of the straight lines xa+yb=1 and xb+ya=1 meets the coordinate axes at points A and B respectively, then find the locus of the midpoint of AB:

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If distance of any point (x,y) from the origin is defined as d=max{|x|,|y|}, then the distance of the common point for the lines given by x(1+λ)+λy=-(2+λ) (where λ is a real parameter) from origin is:

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If the algebraic sum of the perpendicular distances from the points A 0, -2, B2, 0 and  C1,1 on a variable  line ax+by+c=0 is zero, then the line ax+by+c=0 always passes through a fixed point P, w.r.t.the BAC is its

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A line cuts the x-axis at A7,0 and the y-axis at B0,-5. A variable line PQ is drawn perpendicular to AB cutting the x & y axes at P & Q respectively. If AQ & BP intersects at R, then the locus of R is

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The sum of all values of λ for which the lines  2x+y+1=0, 3x+2λy+4=0, x+y-3λ=0 are concurrent, is

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If the lines x+2ay+a=0, x+3by+b=0 and x+4cy+c=0 are concurrent, then a, b and c are in:

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If a3-2a2b+ab2+a2c-2b3+b2c=0; a, b, c R-{0}, then line ax+by+c=0 are concurrent at the point

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The set of all real values of k for which the lines x+3y+1=0, kx+2y-2=0 and 2x-y+3=0 form a triangle is/are _____

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A family of lines is given by (1+2λ)x+(1-λ)y+λ=0,λ being the parameter. The line belonging to this family at the maximum distance from the point (1,4) is