Straight Line and a Point
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, and Position of a Point with Respect to a Triangle.
Important Questions on Straight Line and a Point
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.

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

If a point falls between the lines then

If and are the lengths of the perpendicular from the origin to the straight lines whose equations are and respectively, then the value of is

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

The perpendicular distance of the straight line from the origin is ______

Let be a subset of the plane defined by . Then, the radius of the smallest circle with centre at the origin and having non-empty intersection with is

For the following shaded region, the linear constraints are

If one of the lines passes through the point then

Consider the plane and point . A line has the equation
The distance between the points on the line which are at a distance of from the plane is

A ray of light is projected from the origin at angle of with the positive direction of -axis towards the line, which gets reflected from the point, Then the distance of the reflected ray of light from the point is

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

The lengths of the perpendiculars from the points and to the line are in

Let and , and be a point on the line .Then the coordinates of such that is maximum is:

The point is shifted parallel to the line by a distance of in the direction of increasing ordinate, to reach the point The image of in the line is

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

If the point falls between the lines then :

Consider the points and If is a point on the line such that is minimum, then the coordinates of are

The coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular from the point on the line

A straight line through the origin meets the parallel lines and
