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, Perpendicular Distance of a Point from a Line, Foot of Perpendicular from a Point to a Line, Image of a Point in a Line Mirror, etc.

Important Questions on Straight Line and a Point

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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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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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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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The point of intersection of the pair of lines x2+xy+2y2-3x+2y+4=0 is

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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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For next two question please follow the same

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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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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Complete the following table :

Point  Tranformation Image
(4,-8) -------------- (-4,-8)

 

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Complete the following table :

Point Tranformation Image
(6, -6) -------------- (-6, 6)

 

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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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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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The lines 2x+y=5 and x+2y=4 intersect at the point:

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The straight lines x+y=0, 5x+y=4 and x+5y=4 forms a triangle which 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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The maximum possible length of semi latus rectum is

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

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The combined equation of three sides of a triangle is x2-y2(2x+3y-6)=0. If (-2, a) is an interior point and b, 1 is an exterior point of the triangle, then