Straight Lines and Pair of Straight Lines
$L \equiv 7 x-y+8=0$ is one of the diagonals of a square for which $(-4,5)$ and $(3,4)$ are two vertices. Then, the coordinates of the two vertices lying on the diagonal $L=0$ are
$(0,8),(-1,1)$
$(-1,1),(0,8)$
$(-2,-6),(1,15)$
$(1,3),(-2,6)$
The locus of the image of a variable point $(\alpha, 2 \alpha-1)$ with respect to the line $3 x-2 y+4=0$, is
$22(13 x+36)=19(13 y-11)$
$30(13 x+36)=19(13 y+37)$
$22(13 x+36)=7(13 y+11)$
$22(13 x-36)=30(13 y-11)$
Let $M$ be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point $(5,-7)$ to the line $3 x-5 y+1=0$. Then, the perpendicular distance from $M$ to the line $2 x+5 y-3=0$ is
$\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{29}}$
$\frac{9}{2 \sqrt{29}}$
$\frac{13}{2 \sqrt{29}}$
$\frac{3}{2 \sqrt{29}}$
If $P$ is a point equidistant from all the vertices $A(-1,3), B(3,5), C(5,7)$ of a $\triangle A B C$, then $P A=$
11
$\sqrt{140}$
13
$\sqrt{130}$
4 different pairs of lines are given in List I and the cosine of the angle between every pair of lines is given in List II. Match the following :
| List-I | List-II |
| (A) |
(I) |
| (B) |
(II) |
| (C) |
(III) |
| (D) |
(IV) |
| (V) |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| III | I | V | II |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| III | I | IV | V |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| III | I | V | IV |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| III | V | II | IV |
If $a x^2+6 x y-2 y^2=0$ represents a pair of perpendicular lines and $9 x^2+2 h x y+4 y^2=0(h>0)$ represents a pair of coincident lines, then $h=$
$3 a$
$2 a$
$a$
$4 a$
The line $x+2 y=k$ meets the curve $2 x^2-2 x y+3 y^2+2 x-y-1=0$ at two points $A$ and $B$. Let $O$ be the origin. If the line segments $O A$ and $O B$ are perpendicular to each other, then $k=$
$\pm 1$
$\pm 2$
$\pm 3$
4
If a straight line $L$ passing through the point $(5,-3)$ is inclined at an angle of $60^{\circ}$ to the line $\sqrt{3} x+y-9=0$ and $L$ intersects $X$-axis, then the equation of $L$ is
$x-\sqrt{3} y-3-5 \sqrt{3}=0$
$\sqrt{3} x-y-3-5 \sqrt{3}=0$
$\sqrt{3} x-y+3+5 \sqrt{3}=0$
$x-\sqrt{3} y+3+5 \sqrt{3}=0$
Let $\alpha, \beta$ and $\gamma$ be three non-zero real constants and $a, b$ and $c$ be three arbitrary real numbers which satisfy $\alpha a+\beta b+\gamma c=0$. Then, the point of concurrence of the family of lines $a x+b y+c=0$ is
$\left(\frac{\alpha}{\beta}, \frac{\beta}{\gamma}\right)$
$\left(\frac{\gamma}{\alpha}, \frac{\beta}{\alpha}\right)$
$\left(\frac{\alpha}{\gamma}, \frac{\gamma}{\beta}\right)$
$\left(\frac{\alpha}{\gamma}, \frac{\beta}{\gamma}\right)$
If the algebraic sum of the perpendicular distances from the points $(2,0),(0,2)$ and $(1,1)$ to a variable line is zero, then the variable line always passes through a fixed point. The coordinates of that point are
$(0,0)$
$(2,0)$
$(0,2)$
$(1,1)$
For $a, b, c \in R$, if $6 a^2-3 b^2-c^2+7 a b-a c+4 b c=0$ and $|a|+|b| \neq 0$, then all the lines given by $a x+b y+c=0$ are
concurrent at $(3,1)$ or $(1,3)$
parallel to each other $\forall a, b, c \in R$
concurrent at $(-2,-3)$ or $(3,-1)$
concurrent at $(2,3)$ or $(-3,1)$
If $\theta$ is the acute angle between the pair of lines $H \equiv a x^2-x y+b y^2=0, \tan \theta=5$ and $(1,-1)$ is a point on $H=0$, then $a^2+a b+b^2=$
5
14
7
13
The equation of the pair of straight lines passing through the point $(2,3)$ and perpendicular to the pair of lines $3 x^2-4 x y+5 y^2=0$ is $a x^2+2 h x y+b y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$, then $a+b+c+f+g+h=$
0
52
25
-54
If $f(x, y)=0$ is the combined equation of the lines joining the origin to the points where the line $4 x-6 y-2=0$ meets the curve $3 x^2-4 x y+5 y^2-2 x+y-6=0$, then $\frac{f(1,-1)}{f(-1,-1)}=$
153
-153
1
-1
If the line $2 x-y-4=0$ divides the line segment joining the points $(2,-1)$ and $(1,-4)$ at the point $(a, b)$ in the ratio $m: n$, then $4\left(a-b\left(\frac{m}{n}\right)^2\right)=$
-5
14
11
10
The distance between the points of concurrency of the two families of straight lines given by $x+(5 \lambda+1) y+1-3 \lambda=0$ and $(5 \mu+2) x-3 y+3+6 \mu=0$ is
4
$\frac{2 \sqrt{2}}{5}$
$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{5}$
6
Let the line $L$ drawn perpendicular to the lines $2 x-3 y+4=0$ and $6 x-9 y+7=0$ meet them at $A$ and $B$, respectively. If $P(\mathrm{l}, \mathrm{l})$ is a point on $L$, then the ratio in which $P$ divides $A B$ is
$9: 4$ internally
$9: 4$ externally
$4: 9$ internally
$4: 9$ externally
The orthocentre of the triangle formed by the points $(1,3),(-3,5)$ and $(5,-1)$ is
$(-8,-10)$.
$(-3,2)$
$\left(-\frac{2}{3}, \frac{4}{3}\right)$
$(19,27)$
If $\alpha x^2+2 \gamma x y+\beta y^2=0$ is the equation of pair of lines passing through the origin and perpendicular to the pair of lines $b h x^2+a b x y+a h y^2=0(a \neq 0, b \neq 0)$, then $\alpha \beta / \gamma^2=$
$\frac{h^2}{a b}$
$\frac{-2 h^2}{a b}$
$\frac{-h^2}{a b}$
$\frac{4 h^2}{a b}$
$\frac{x^2}{a}+\frac{x y}{h}+\frac{y^2}{b}=0(a \neq 0, h \neq 0, b \neq 0)$ represents two coincident lines if
$h^2=a b$
$4 h^2=a b$
$h^2=4 a b$
$h^2=2 a b$
If the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the line $x+y=k$ and the curve $x^2+y^2-2 x-4 y+2=0$ are at right angles, then the sum of all the possible values of $k$ is
0
1
3
5
The transformed equation of $3 X^2+4 X Y+Y^2-8 X-4 Y-4=0$ is $f(X, Y)=a X^2+2 h X Y+b Y^2+c=0$ when the origin is shifted to a new point by the translation of axes. Then, $f(1,1)=$
0
1
-1
-8
If the line $2 x-3 y+4=0$ divides the line segment joining the points $A(-2,3)$ and $B(3,-2)$ in the ratio $m: n$, then the point which divides $A B$ in the ratio $-4 m: 3 n$ is
$(-17,18)$
$\left(-\frac{59}{7}, \frac{66}{7}\right)$
$(-5,6)$
$\left(-\frac{5}{7}, \frac{12}{7}\right)$
If the lines $L_1 \equiv 2 x+y+3=0, L_2 \equiv k x+2 y-3=0$ and $L_3 \equiv 3 x-2 y+1=0$ are concurrent then the cosine of the acute angle between the lines $L_2=0$ and $2 x-5 y+7=0$ is
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\left(\frac{15}{2 \sqrt{29}}\right)$
$\left(\frac{25}{29}\right)$
$\left(\frac{20}{29}\right)$
If $Q$ is the image of the point $P(1,1)$ with respect to the straight line $x+y+1=0$, then the length of the perpendicular drawn from $Q$ to the line $3 x-4 y+3=0$ is
$5 / 2$
2
1
$1 / 2$
The centroid of the triangle formed by the lines $x-3 y+3=0, x+3 y+3=0 x+y-1=0$ is
$\left(0, \frac{-1}{3}\right)$
$\left(\frac{2}{3},-1\right)$
$\left(\frac{-1}{3}, 1\right)$
$\left(1, \frac{-1}{3}\right)$
If the slope of one of the lines represented by $5 x^2+\frac{40}{3} x y+k y^2=0$ is 3 , then the angle between the pair of lines is
0
$\frac{\pi}{4}$
$\frac{\pi}{3}$
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
If a line $L$ is common to the pairs of lines $6 x^2-x y-12 y^2=0$ and $15 x^2+14 x y-8 y^2=0$ then the combined equation the other two lines is
$10 x^2-19 x y+6 y^2=0$
$5 x^2-4 x y+7 y^2=0$
$x^2-9 x y+y^2=0$
$3 x^2+6 x y+11 y^2=0$
If $L$ is a line passing through the point $(-1,1)$ and parallel to the common line of the pairs of lines $6 x^2-x y-12 y^2=0$ and $15 x^2+14 x y-8 y^2=0$, then the equation of pair of lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the curve $2 x^2-x y-y^2+x-y=0$ and the line $L$ is
$x^2-x y-y^2=0$
$x^2+x y-y^2=0$
$x^2-y^2=0$
$2 x^2+3 x y-6 y^2=0$
Let $A(5,-3), B(3,-2), C(-1,5)$ be three points. If $P$ is a point satisfying the condition $P A^2+2 P B^2=3 P C^2$, then a point that lies on the locus of $P$ is
$\left(-\frac{1}{7}, \frac{1}{2}\right)$
$\left(-\frac{5}{2},-2\right)$
$\left(-\frac{2}{21}, \frac{31}{66}\right)$
$\left(2, \frac{37}{22}\right)$
If $\theta$ is the acute angle between the lines $\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=1, \frac{x}{b}+\frac{y}{a}=1$, then $\sin \theta=$
$\left|\frac{2 a b}{a^2+b^2}\right|$
$\left|\frac{a-b}{a+b}\right|$
$\left|\frac{a^2-b^2}{2 a b}\right|$
$\left|\frac{a^2-b^2}{a^2+b^2}\right|$
If the line $x-y+1=0$ cuts the lines $2 x+2 y+3=0$ and $3 x+3 y+2=0$ at the points $A$ and $B$ respectively, then $A B=$
$\frac{5}{6 \sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{6 \sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{5}{\sqrt{3}}$
$\frac{5}{6 \sqrt{3}}$
If the incentre and the circumcentre of the triangle formed by the lines $x=2,4 x+3 y+7=0$ and $y=3$ are $I$ and $S$ respectively, then $I S=$
5
$\sqrt{5}$
$4 \sqrt{2}$
$2 \sqrt{5}$
$a x^2-4 x y-2 y^2=0$ represents a pair of lines. If $\theta$ is the angle between these lines, $\cos \theta=\frac{1}{5}$ and the possible values of ' $a$ ' are $a_1$ and $a_2\left(a_1
11
10
-5
-6
Let $L_1, L_2$ be the lines represented by the equation $4 x^2-5 x y+3 y^2=0$. Let $L_3, L_4$ be two lines passing through the point $(4,3)$ such that $L_3$ and $L_4$ are perpendicular to $L_1$ and $L_2$ respectively. If the combined equation of $L_3$ and $L_4$ is $a x^2+2 h x y+b y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$, and $a f+b g+c h=$
144
66
78
216
The equation $x^2-y^2+a x+b=0$ represents a pair of lines for the ordered pair $(a, b)=$
$(2,6)$
$(3,4)$
$(4,8)$
$(6,9)$
When the coordinate axes are rotated through an angle $\theta$ in anti clockwise direction, if the transformed equation of $x^2+y^2+2 x y+2 x+6 y+1=0$ is $(2+\sqrt{3}) X^2+2 X Y+(2-\sqrt{3}) Y^2+a X+b Y+2=0$, then $3 a-b=$
10
$2(1+2 \sqrt{3})$
20
$2(3+\sqrt{3})$
If the lines $3 x+y-4=0, x-a y-10=0, b x+2 y+9=0$ form three successive sides of a rectangle in that order and the fourth side passes through $(1,2)$, then the area of that rectangle (in sq. units) is
8
$\frac{15}{\sqrt{10}}$
$\frac{51}{\sqrt{40}}$
$\frac{51}{4}$
The points $A(2,1), B(3,-2)$ and $C(a, b)$ are vertices of the rectangle $A B C D$. If the point $P(3,4)$ lies on $C D$ produced, then $5 a+10 b=$
41
10
45
-15
If $\left|\begin{array}{lll}a_1 & b_1 & c_1 \\ a_2 & b_2 & c_2 \\ a_3 & b_3 & c_3\end{array}\right|=0$, then the lines $a_i x+b_i y+c_i=0$
( $i=1,2,3$ ) represent
parallel lines if $\frac{a_i}{a_j} \neq \frac{b_i}{b_j} \neq \frac{c_i}{c_j}(i \neq j)$
coincident lines if $\frac{a_i}{a_j}=\frac{b_i}{b_j}(i \neq j)$
concurrent lines but not coincident if $\frac{a_i}{a_j}=\frac{b_i}{b_j}=\frac{c_i}{c_j}(i \neq j)$
concurrent lines if $\frac{a_i}{a_j} \neq \frac{b_i}{b_j} \neq \frac{c_i}{c_j}(i \neq j)$
For integer $k$, if the area of the triangle formed by the pair of lines $S=3 x^2-2 k x y+y^2=0$ with the line $L=2 x-y-6=0$ is 36 sq. units, then for the angle $\theta$ between the lines $S=0, \sin \theta=$
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}$
If the sides of a triangle $A B C$ are $2 x^2-y^2=0$, $x+y-1=0$ and the sides of another triangle $P Q R$ are $2 x^2-5 x y+2 y^2=0,7 x-2 y-12=0$, then the distance between the centroid of $\triangle A B C$ and the orthocentre of $\triangle P Q R$ is
$\frac{4}{3} \sqrt{261}$
$\frac{1}{3} \sqrt{165}$
$2 \sqrt{29}$
$56 \sqrt{3}$
Let $A=(2,3), B=(3,-5)$ be two vertices of $\triangle A B C$ such that $C$ is a point on the line $L \equiv 3 x+4 y-5=0$. Then the locus of the centroid of $\triangle A B C$ is a line parallel to
$L=0$
$A B$
AC
$B C$
If the normal form of the equation of a straight line $4 x+3 y+2=0$ is $x \cos \alpha+y \sin \alpha=p$ and its intercept form is $\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=1$, then $\frac{p \sec \alpha}{a b}=$
$\frac{-1}{2}$
$\frac{3}{2}$
$\frac{-3}{2}$
$\frac{1}{2}$
For an integer $K$, if the point $P\left(K^2, K+1\right)$ and the origin $O(0,0)$ lie in the same region between the lines $x+2 y-5=0$ and $3 x-y+1=0$, then the possible number of such points $P$ is
4
2
6
Infinitely many
The area (in square units) of the quadrilateral formed by the point of intersection of the lines $x+y-1=0$, $x-y+1=0$, the point $(1,1)$ and the feet of the perpendiculars from this point on to the lines is
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
1
2
The condition that the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the two curves $x^2+y^2+g x+c=0, x^2+y^2+2 f y-c=0$ are at right angles, is
$g^2-f^2=4 c$
$g^2-f^2=2 c$
$f^2-4 g^2=8 c$
$g^2-4 f^2=8 c$
If $\alpha$ represent the square of the distance between the origin and the point of intersection of the lines $x^2-y^2-x+3 y-2=0$ and $\beta$ represent the product of the perpendicular distances from the origin on the pair of lines, then $\alpha \beta=$
$\frac{5}{4}$
$\frac{5}{2}$
2
Let $A(2,1)$ be a point and equation of the straight line $L$ be $x-y=0$. Let $a$ and $b$ respectively represent the distances from a variable point $P(\alpha, \beta)$ to $A$ and to the line $L$. If $C$ is distance of the point $A$ from origin such that $a=b c$, then locus of $P$ is
$3 x^2+3 y^2+10 x y+8 x+4 y+10=0$
$3 x^2+3 y^2-10 x y+8 x+4 y-10=0$
$3 x^2+2 y^2-10 x y+8 x+4 y+10=0$
$2 x^2+3 y^2-10 x y-8 x-4 y-10=0$
The point $(4,1)$ undergoes the following transformations successively :
(i) Reflection is the line $x-y=0$
(ii) Shifting through a distance of 2 units along the positive $X$-axis
(iii) Projection on $X$-axis
The coordinates of the point in its final position are
$(3,4)$
$(4,3)$
$(3,0)$
$(4,0)$










Here line $A B \| C D$


$ \begin{aligned} &\text { lie in the same region of lines }\\ &\begin{aligned} & \begin{array}{l} x+2 y-5=0 \text { and } 3 x-y+1=0 \\ \left(k^2+2(k+1)-5\right)<0 \end{array} \\ & \text { and } \quad 3 k^2-(2 k+1)+1>0 \\ & \quad \begin{array}{r} \Rightarrow\,\, k^2+2 k-3<0 \\ \text { and } \quad 3 k^2-k>0 \end{array} \\ & \text { and } \quad \begin{aligned} &(k+3)(k-1)<0 \\ & k(3 k-1)>0 \\ & k \in(-3,1) \end{aligned} \\ & \text { and } \quad k \in(-\infty, 0) \cup\left(\frac{1}{3}, \infty\right) \\ & \therefore \quad k \in(-3,0) \cup\left(\frac{1}{3}, 1\right) \end{aligned} \end{aligned} $
Solving equation we get, $(0,1)$