Straight Line and a Point

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Straight Line and a Point: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Point and a Straight Line, Position of a Point with Respect to a Line, Relative Position of Two Points with Respect to a Line, Position of a Point with Respect to a Triangle, Image of a Point in a Line Mirror, etc.

Important Questions on Straight Line and a Point

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The equation of the perpendicular bisectors of the sides AB and AC of a  ΔABC are  xy+5=0  and  x+2y=0  respectively. If the point A is  1,2, then the equation of the line BC is.

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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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If a point a, a falls between the lines |x+y|=4, then

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If m and n are the lengths of the perpendicular from the origin to the straight lines whose equations are xcotθ-y=2cosθ and 4x+3y=-5cos2θ (θ(0,π)), respectively, then the value of m2+5n2 is

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If the points x,-3x and 3,4 lie on the opposite sides of the line 3x-4y=8, then

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The perpendicular distance of the straight line 3x+4y=55 from the origin is ______

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Let S be a subset of the plane defined by S=x,y:|x|+2|y|=1. Then, the radius of the smallest circle with centre at the origin and having non-empty intersection with S is

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For the following shaded region, the linear constraints are 

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If one of the lines 2x2-xy+by2=0 passes through the point -4,-2, then b2=

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Consider the plane x+y-z=1 and point A(1,2,-3) . A line L has the equation x=1+3r, y=2-r & z=3+4r.

 The distance between the points on the line which are at a distance of 4 / 3   from the plane is

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Consider the triangle having vertices O0, 0, A2, 0 and B1, 3. Also bmina1, a2, a3 means ba1 when a1 is least ; ba2 when a2 is least and so on. From this we can say ba1, ba2, ........., ban .

Let R be the region consisting of all those points P inside Δ OAB which satisfy OPminBP, AP. Then the area of the region R is

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Consider the triangle having vertices O0, 0, A2, 0 and B1, 3. Also bmina1, a2, a3 means ba1 when a1 is least ; ba2 when a2 is least and so on. From this we can say ba1, ba2, ........., ban .

Let R be the region consisting of all those points P inside Δ OAB which satisfy d P, OA min [ d P, OB d P, AB ] , where d denotes the distance from the point to the corresponding line. Then the area of the regionaR is

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A ray of light is projected from the origin at angle of 60° with the positive direction of x-axis towards the line, y=2, which gets reflected from the point, (α,2). Then the distance of the reflected ray of light from the point (2,2) is

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The equation of the image of line y=x with respect to the line mirror 2x-y=1 is

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The lengths of the perpendiculars from the points m2,2m, mn,m+n and n2,2n to the line x+3y+3=0 are in

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Let A(0, 1) and B(2, 0), and P be a point on the line 4x+3y=-9.Then the coordinates of P such that AP-PB is maximum is:

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In ABC, let A3,4 and the equation of angle bisector of angle B is x=y. If orthocenter of the triangle is 2,2, then coordinates of B is:

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The point P(2,1) is shifted parallel to the line x+y=1, by a distance of 52 in the direction of increasing ordinate, to reach the point Q. The image of Q in the line y=-x is

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xy+5=0 and x+2y=0 are the equation of the perpendicular bisectors of the sides AB and AC of ABC respectively. If the point A is (1, 2), then the equation of the line BC is

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If the point (a, a) falls between the lines |x+y|=2, then :