General Equation of a Line

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General Equation of a Line: Overview

This topic deals with the general equation of a line by discussing different forms of an equation. It also consists of examples and exercises based on this concept.

Important Questions on General Equation of a Line

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One side of a rectangle lies along the line   4x+7y+5=0.  Two of its vertices are   ( 3,1 )and(1,1).   The equations of the other three sides are.

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Equation of the line passing through (1,2) and parallel to the line y=3x-1 is

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Find the shortest distance from a hotel located at (2,4) to a straight road with equation 3x+5y+8=0.

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If the image of point 4,-3 with respect to the line y=x is a,b, then find a+b.

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Prakash draws a PQR on a whiteboard. The equation of the perpendicular bisectors of its sides PQ and PR are 2x-3y+6=0 and x+3y=0 respectively. What is the equation of line QR if the point P is (2, -3)?

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Chords AB and CD of a circle when extended to meet at point X. Given AB=4cm, BX=6cm and XD=5cm, calculate the length of CD. (in cm)

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P' and Q' be the images of P-3, 5 and Q-5, 3 respectively on reflection in Y- axis. Find the coordinates of P' and Q'.

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In the figure below, lines K and I are parallel. The value of a°+b° is -

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If the equation of the straight lines passing through the origin and making an angle of 45° with the straight line 3x+y=11 is y=(m±2)x,

Then find m.

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Image of point 5,2,-7 in xy-plane is given by x,y,z. Find product xyz.

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Two lines intersect

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If the sum of the distances of a moving point in a plane from the axes is 1, then find the locus of the point.

[Hint: Given that |x|+|y|=1, which gives four sides of a square.]

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If the intercept of a line between the coordinate axes is divided by the point (-5,4) in the ratio 1:2, then find the equation of the line.

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The equation of lines passing through (1,2) and making angle 30° with y-axis isy-ax+b-c=0. Find a+b+c.

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AB=3i^-j^+k^ and CD=-3i^+2j^+4k^ are two vectors. The position vectors of the points A and C are 6i+7j^+4k^ and -9j^+2k^, respectively. Find the position vector of a point P on the line AB and a point Qon the line CD such that PQ¯ is perpendicular to AB¯ and CD¯ both.

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A ray (L1) is incident on  the mirror (L2) 3 x+4 y=5 and the equation of reflected ray (L3) is x+y=1, the equation of(L1)  is

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The slope of a line is double of the slope of another line. If tangent of the angle between them is 13, find the slopes
of he lines.

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If 16a2+25b2-9c2+40ab=0, then family of straight lines ax+by+c=0 will be concurrent at:

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Find the value of p so that the three lines 3x+y-2=0,px+2y-3=0 and 2x-y-3=0 may intersect at one point.

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The distance of the point 3,5 from 2x+3y-14=0 measured parallel to x-2y=1 is