Straight Lines

Mob-9798929024 Mathematics by D.K Singh

1. Let A (h,k), B (1,1) and C (2,1) be the vertices of a right angled triangle with AC as its hypotenuse. If the area
of the triangle is 1 square unit, then the set of values which K can take is given by
(a) {-1,3} (b) {-3,-2} (c) {1,3} (d) {0,3}
1 1
2. A particle starts from origin and moves in following pattern. 1 unit right then 1 unit up, unit left and unit
2 2
1 1
down, unit right and unit up and so on. The length of each move becomes half after two steps and
4 4
movement continues indefinetely. The coordinate of the point where it ultimately converges to is:
3. The vertices A and D of a square ABCD lies on positive side of x and y axis respectively. If the vertex C is the
point (12,17), then the coordinate of vertex B are
(a) (14,16) (b) (15,3) (c) (17,5) (d) (17,12)
 
4. AC and BD are diameter of a circle intersecting at origin. If coordinates of A is (5, ) and  BOC = . Then
3 2
find the coordinates of B,C and D in polar form:
5. If a point P( 3 ,1) is rotated by 45 about origin in anticlockwise direction and then reflected about x-axis.
Then the co-ordinates of the new points are:
 3 1  3 1  3 1  3 1   3 1  3 1
(a)  ,   ,  (c)  , 
2 2  (b) 
2 2  2 2  (d) none of these
     
6. A triangle with vertices A(4,0), B(-1,-1), C(3,5) is
(a) Isoscles and right angled
(b) Right angled but not Isosceles
(c) Isosceles but not right angled
(d) Neither right angled nor isosceles
7. The points equidistant from A(-1,4) and B(3,2) lying on Y-axis are
(a) (0,1) (b) (0,-1) (c) (0,2) (d) (0,3)
8. If ABC is an equilateral triangle with A(0,0) and B(3, 3 ), then find the co-ordinates of point C
(a) (0,1) (b) (0,2 3 ) (c) (3,- 3 ) (d) ( 3 ,3)
9. If A(a,b), B(a+rcos  , b+rsin  ) and C(a+rcos  , b+rsin  ) are equilateral triangle.
   
(a) |    | = (b) |    |= (c) |    |= (d) |    |=
4 2 6 3
10. Find the coordinates of the point which divides A(-1,10) and B(4,-5) in the ratio 3:2 internally.
(a) (2,-1) (b) (-2,1) (c) (2,1) (d) (-2,-1)
11. The vertices of triangle PQR are P(-3,1), Q(-2,3)and R(4,5). Find the length of median through vertex P.
(a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 20
12. If the midpoints of the sides of a triangle are (2,1), (-1,-3), (4,5) then find the coordinates of the vertices of
the triangle.
13. If P(1, 2), Q(4, 6), R(5, 7) and S(a, b) are the vertices of a parallelogram.
(a) a=2, b=4 (b) a=3, b=4 (c) a=2, b=3 (d) a=3, b=5
14. If point P which divides A(6, 3) and B(-4, 5) externally in the ratio 3:2 and is also the mid point of BD.
Then find the coordinate of the point D.
(a) (-44, 13) (b) (-24, 9) (c) (-20, 9) (d) (20, 13)
15. The line joining the points P(2, -3) and Q(-5, 6) is divided by y=x in the ratio
(a) 3:11 (b) 5:3 (c) 5:11 (d) 6:15
16. Find the harmonic conjugate of (5,13) with respect to points (2,-5) and (3, 1):
17. The centriod of a triangle is (2,7) and two of its vertices are (4, 8) and (-2, 6) the third vertex is
(a) (0, 0) (b) (4, 7) (c) (7, 4) (d) (7,7)
 1   1   1 
18. The vertices of a triangle are  ab,  ,  bc,  and  ca,  where a, b, c are the roots of the equation
 ab   bc   ca 
x 3  3 x 2  6 x  1  0 . The coordinates of its centroid are
(a) (1, 2) (b) (2, -1) (c) (1, -1) (d) (2, 3)
3 
19. Let A(1, 0), B(6, 2), C  ,6  be the vertices of a triangle ABC. If P is a point inside the triangle ABC.
2 
Such that the triangles APC, APB and BPC have equal areas, then the length of the line segment PQ,
  7 1
where Q is the point  ,  is [JEE MAINS 2020]
 6 3 
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 9
20.Find the coordinates of incentre of the triangle whose vertices are (0, 6), (8, 12) and (8, 0).
(a) (5,2) (b) (5, 6) (c) (7, 4) (d) (6, 7)
21. The x-coordinate of the incentre of the triangle that has the coordinates of mid points of its sides as (0, 1),
(1, 1) and (1, 0) is [JEE MAINS 2013]
(a) 2+ 2 (b) 2- 2 (c) 1- 2 (d) 1+ 2
x2  4
22. The incentre of the triangle with vertices (1, 3 ), (0, 0) and (2, 0) is

 3 2 1  2 3  1 
 1,
(a)  2   (b)  ,  (c)  3 , 2  (d) 1, 
  3 3    3
23. Let the orthocentre and centroid of a triangle be A(-3, 5) and B(3, 3) respetively. If C is the circumcentre
of this triangle, then the radius of the circle having the line segment AC as diameter is [JEE MAINS 2018]
5 3 5
(a) 2 10 (b) 3 (c) (d) 10
2 2
24. O(0, 0) is one of the vertices of triangle whose circumcentre is S(3, 4) and centroid Q(6, 8).
Then the triangle
(a) Is right triangle (b) Must be equilateral
(c) Must be right-angled isosceles (d) Is isosceles
 1 2   11 4 
25. If in a triangle ABC, A(1, 10), circumcentre  ,  and orthocentre  ,  are given. Then, find the
 3 3  3 3
coordinate of midpoint of side opposite to A.
  11 
(a) (1, 6) (b) (1, 5) (c) (1, -3) (d) 1, 
 3 
26. Find the area of the triangle formed by the points A(x, x-2), B(x+3, x) and C(x+2, x+2).
(a) 4 (b) x+4 (c) x 2  4 (d) None of these
27. Find the area of the triangle having mid-points of its sides at (2, 1), (-1, 3) and (4, 5).
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) None of these
28. If the area of triangle formed by the points (5, 2), (0, 3) and (a, 4) is 8 square units then
(a) sum of all possible values of a to 5 (b) sum of all possible values of a to -10
(c) product of all possible values of a to 125 (d) product of all possible values of a to -210
29. If the coordinates of two points A and B are (3, 4) and (5, -2) respectively. Find the coordinates of point P, if
PA=PB and area of triangle PAB=10.
30. If A(6, 3), B(-3, 5), C(4, -2) and D(x, 3x) are four points such that area of triangle DBC : area of triangle
ABC=1:2, then what is the value of x?
31. Find the area of quadrilateral whose vertices are A(1, 1), B(3, 4), C(5, -2) and D(4, -7).
32. Find the locus of a point whose distance from origin is always equal to 2.
33. Find the equation to the locus of a point which moves so that its distance from the axis of x is always one-
half of its distance from the axis of x is always one-half of its distance from the origin .
34. Find the locus of a point whose distance from the point (1, 2) is equal to its distance from the axis of y.
35. Let A(2, -3) and B(-2, 3) be vertices of a triangle ABC. If the centroid of this triangle moves on the line
2x+3y=1, then the locus of the vertex C.
(a) 3x-2y=3 (b) 2x-3y=7 (c) 3x+2y=5 (d) 2x+3y=3
36. Let O(0, 0) and A(0, 1) be two fixed points. Then the locus of a point P such that the perimeter of triangle
AOP is 4, is [JEE MAINS 2019]
(a) 8 x 2  9 y 2  9 y  18 (b) 9 x 2  8 y 2  8 y  16 (c) 9 x 2  8 y 2  8 y  16 (d) 8 x 2  9 y 2  9 y  16
37. Vertices of a variable triangle are (3, 4), ( 5 cos  ,5 sin  ) and ( 5 sin  ,5 cos  ) where   R . Locus of its
orthocentre is
(a)  x  y  12   x  y  7 2  100 (b)  x  y  7 2   x  y  12  100
(c)  x  y  7 2   x  y  12  100 (d)  x  y  7 2   x  y  12  100
38. If (-4, 0) and (1, 1) are two vertices of a triangle of area 4 square units, then the locus of the third vertex is
(a) x-5y+12=0 (b) 5x+y+2=0 (c) x-5y-4=0 (d) none of these
y  x2  2x
39. Find the slope of the line, which passes through origin and the mid-point of the line segment joining the
points (-13, 4) and (7, 2).
40. The gradient of the line joining the points on the curve y  x 2  2 x , whose abscissae are 1 and 3 is
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
41. The vertices of PQR are P(2, 1), Q(-2, 3) and R(1, 6). Find the equation of the median through vertex P.
42. Let P=(-1, 0), Q=(0, 0) and R=(3, 3 3 ) be three points. The equation of the bisector of the angle PQR is

3 3
(a) x y 0 (b) x  3 y  0 (c) x  y0 (d) 3 x  y  0
2 2
43. The equation of the straight line passing through the point (4, 3) and making intercepts on the coordinates
axes whose sum is -1 is,
x y x y x y x y
(a)   1 and  1 (b)   1 and   1
2 3 2 1 2 3 2 1

x y x y x y
(c)   1 and  1 (d)   1 and x y
2 3 2 1 2 3   1
2 1
44. Find slope, x-intercept and y-intercept of the line 3x-4y=12.
45. Find the value of x for which the point (x,2), (1,3) and (-2, 4) are collinear.
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46. If the points (sin  , cos  ), ( 2 2 ,2) and  2 ,1 are collinear, then the number of values of   0,2  is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinite
 1
47. The acute angle between two lines is and slope of one of them is . Find the slope of the other line.
4 2
48. Let PS be the median of the triangle with vertices P(2,2) , Q(6,-1) and R(7,3). The equation of the line
passing through (1,-1) and parallel to PS is
(a) 2 x  9 y  7  0 (b) 2 x  9 y  11  0 (c) 2 x  9 y  11  0 (d) 2 x  9 y  7  0
49. The vertex of a right angled triangle lies on straight line 2x+y-10=0 and other vertices are (2,-3) and (4,1).
Find the area of triangle.
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(a) 10 (b) 3 (c) (d) 11
5
50. The perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining P(1,4) and Q(K,3) has y intersect 4, then a possible
value of K is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -2 (d) -4
51. Find the circumcentre of the triangle whose vertices are (1,2), (3,-4) and (5,-6)
(a) (11,-2) (b) (-11,-2) (c) (11,2) (d) (-11,2)
52. Find co-ordinate of orthocentre of triangle ABC whose sides are given by lines x+y+2=0, 8x-y-20=0 and
x-2y+5=0.
53. Two vertices of a triangle with orthocentre as (1,2) are (0,1) and (5,0). The third vertex of the triangle is
  36  45   4 11   6 9   13 7 
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  , 
 7 7  3 3  7 7   3 3
54. A straight line L through the point (3,-2) is inclined at an angle 60 to the line 3 x  y  1 . If L also
intersects the x-axis, then equation of L is [JEE ADVANCED 2011]
(a) y  3 x  2  3 3  0 (b) y  3 x  2  3 3  0
(c) 3 y  x  3  2 3  0 (d) 3 y  x  3  2 3  0
55. A straight line 3x+4y=5 and 4x-3y=15, intersect at the point A, on these lines points B and C are chosen so
 x BC
that AB=AC. Find the possible equations of thetyline  atpassing
2 through (1,2).
56. An insect starts from P(1,2) and travels 3 2 units making 135 angle with positive x-axis (anticlockwise)
to reach point Q. then turns by 105° (anticlockwise) and furthers travels 4 units to reach point R. Find the
co-ordinate of point R
57. The distance of the point (2,3) from the line 2x - 3y + 9 = 0 measured parallel to the line x - y - 1 = 0.
58. A line through the point P(2,3) meets the lines x - 2y + 7 = 0 cmd x + 3y - 3 = 0 at the points A and B
respectively. If P divides AB externally in the ratio 3:2, then find the equation of the line AB.
59. A triangle ABC lying in the first quadrant has two vertices as A(1,2) and B(3, 1). If BAC = 90 and area
of triangle ABC = 5 5 square units, then the abscissa of the vertex C is [JEE MAINS 2020]
(a) 1 5 (b) 1 2 5 (c) 2  5 (d) 2  5
60. Comment on the position of points (-3,-2) and (-10,2) with respect to the line x+3y+7=0.
x
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61. If a, a 2 falls inside the angle made by the lines y =
2
, x > 0 and y=3x, x>0. Then a belongs to

 1  1 1 
(a)  0,  (b) 3,   (c)   3,  (d)  ,3 
 2  2  2 
62. An equilateral triangle has base along the line 12x+5y+11=0 and one of the vertex is (1,-2). Find the area of
the triangle.
63. Find all points on x+y=4 that lie at a unit distance from the line 4x+3y-10=0.
64. Find the locus of foot of perpendicular from a fixed given point S(a,0) to the line ty  x  at 2 (where t is a
parameter).
65. Given two fixed points A(2,1) and B(5,3). Find a point ‘C’ on the line y = x such that perimeter of triangle
ABC is minimum.
7 7  29 29  3 3
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d) (4,4)
3 3  10 10  2 2