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Pair Of Straight Lines

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If pairs of straight lines, x2 2 mxy y2 = 0 & x2 2 nxy y2 = 0 be such that each pair bisects the angle between the other pair, then mn is equal to : (A) 1 (B) - 1

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The equation, xy + a 2 = a (x + y) represents : (A) A parabola (B) A pair of straight lines (C) An ellipse (D) Two parallel straight lines The combined equation of the bisectors of the angle between the

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The values of h for which the equation 3x2 + 2 hxy 3y2 40x + 30y 75 = 0 represents a pair of straight lines, are (A) 4, 4 (B) 4, 6 (C) 4, - 4 (D) 0, 4

The equation of the pair of straight lines, each of which makes an angle with the line y = x, is : (A) x2 + 2 xy sec 2 + y2 = 0 (B) x2 + 2 xy cosec 2 + y 2 = 0 (C) x2 - 2 xy cosec 2 + y2 = 0 (D) x2 - 2 xy sec 2 + y2 = 0

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The equation to the pair of straight lines through the origin which are perpendicular to the lines, 2x2 - 5 xy + y2 = 0, is : (A) 2x 2 + 5 xy + y2 = 0 (B) x 2 + 2 y2 + 5 xy = 0 (C) x2 - 5 xy + 2 y2 = 0 (D) 2 x2 + y2 - 5 xy = 0 Acute angle between the lines represented by, (x 2 + y2)

10. The lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the line, y = mx + c and the circle x2 + y2 = a2 will be mutually perpendicular, if : (A) a2 (m2 + 1) = c2 (B) a2 (m2 1) = c 2 (C) a2 (m2 + 1) = 2c2 (D) a2 (m2 - 1) = 2c 2 11. The straight lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the line 2x+ y = 1 & curve 3x2 + 4xy 4x + 1 = 0

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3 = 4 xy is

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2 include an angle : (A) (C) x2 + (A) (B) (C) (D) 4 xy + y2 = 0 and x - y = 4, is : A right angled triangle An isosceles triangle An equilateral triangle None of these

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14. Mixed term xy is to be removed from the general equation, ax 2 + by2 + 2 hxy + 2 fy + 2 gx + c = 0 . One should rotate the axes through an angle given by tan 2 equal to : (A)
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18. The product of perpendiculars drawn from the origin to the lines represented by the equation, ax2 + 2 hxy + by2 + 2 gx + 2 fy + c = 0, will be :

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2h (D) (a b)

15. If the equation, ax2 + 2 hxy + by2 = 0 has the one line as the bisector of angle between the co-ordinate axes, then : (A) (a b) 2 = h2 (B) (a + b) 2 = h 2 2 2 (C) (a b) = 4h (D) (a + b)2 = 4h2 16. The figure formed by the lines,

19. The orthocentre of the triangle formed by the lines, xy = 0 and x + y = 1 is (A) (0, 0)

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20. If one of the lines of the pair ,

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12. The equation, x 2 - 7 xy + 12y 2 = 0 represents a : (A) Circle (B) Pair of parallel straight lines (C) Pair of perpendicular st. lines (D) Pair of non-perpendicular intersecting straight lines 13. The angle between the pair of st. lines, y2 sin 2 xy sin2 + x2 (cos2 1) = 1 is

17. If the equations of opposite sides of a parallelogram are, x2 - 7x + 6 = 0 and y2 14y + 40 = 0, then the equation of its one diagonal is : (A) 6x + 5y + 14 = 0 (B) 6x - 5y + 14 = 0 (C) 5x + 6y + 14 = 0 (D) 5x - 6y + 14 = 0

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3 ax2 + 2 hxy + by2 = 0 bisects the angle between positive directions of the axes, then a, b, h satisfy the relation (A) a + b = 2 h (B) a + b = - 2 h (B) a - b = 2 h (D) (a b) 2 = 4 h2 21. The equation, x 2 - 3 xy + y2 + 3x 5y + 2 = 0 when is a real number, represents a pair of straight lines . If is the angle betwen the lines, then cosec2 = (A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 100 22. The circumcentre of the formed by the lines, xy + 2x + 2y + 4 = 0 and x + y + 2 = 0 is : (A) (0, 0) (B) (- 2, - 2) (C) (- 1, - 1) (D) (- 1, - 2) 23. The gradient of one of the lines, x2 + h xy + 2y2 = 0 is twice that of the other, then h = (A) 3 (C) 2 ANSWERS 1. A 2. A 3. B 4. A 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. C 13. D 14. D 15. D 16. C 19. A 20. B 21. C 22. C

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the line y = 2 2 x + c and the circle x2 + y2 = 2 are at right angles, if : (A) c 2 - 4 = 0 (B) c2 - 8 = 0 2 (C) c - 9 = 0 (D) c2 - 10 = 0

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