Distance Formula

Author: K. C. Sinha
JEE Main
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Important Questions on Distance Formula

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A straight road is at a distance of 52 miles from a place. The shortest distance of the road from the place is in the N.E. direction. Do the following villages which is 4 miles East and 3 miles North from the place, lie on the road or not?

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

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Two particles start from the same point (2,-1), one moving 2 units along the line x+y=1 and the other 5 units along x-2 y=4 .If the particles move towards increasing y, find their new positions and the distance between them.

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A straight road is at a distance of 52miles from a place. The shortest distance of the road from the place is in the N.E. direction. Do the following villages which is 6 miles East and 4 miles North from the place, lie on the road or not ?

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Let P(a, b), Q(c, d) and 0<a<b<c<d, L (a, 0), M (c, 0), R lies on x -axis such that PR + RQ is minimum, then R divides LM.
 

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A man starts from the point P (-3, 4) and reaches point Q (0, 1) touching x -axis at R (α, 0) such that PR + RQ is minimum,
then α=
 

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Let A(-4,0),B(-1,4).C and D are points which are symmetric to points A and B respectively with respect to y -axis, then area of the quadrilateral ABCD is

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The distance between two parallel lines is unity. A point P lies between the two lines at a distance a from one of them. PQR is an equilateral triangle having side 273  and vertex Q on one of the parallel lines and R on the other line, then a=

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A(-4,0) and B(-1,4) are two given points.C and D are points which are symmetric to the given points A and B respectively with respect to y -axis. Calculate the perimeter of the trapezium ABDC.

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A(1,-2) and B(2,5) are two points. The lines OA, OB are produced to C and D respectively such that OC = 2OA and OD = 2OB. Find CD.