Subsidiary Mathematics Homework

1. Find the equation of the straight line which is inclined at an angle of 60◦
with the positive X-axis and which has x-intercept (-1).

2. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (3, −6)
which is perpendicular to the line joining (4, 1) and (2, 5).

3. Find the equation of the straight line through the point (3, −4) which is
parallel to the line joining (0, −5) and (4, −3).

4. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (3, −4) and
cutting off intercepts equal in magnitude but opposite in sign from the
coordinate axes.

5. A straight line moves so that the sum of the reciprocals of its intercepts on
the coordinate axes is constant. Show that the line always passes through a
fixed point.

6. A straight line passes through the point (1, 2) and is such that the portion of
it intercepted between the axes is divided internally at this point in the ratio
3 : 2. Find the equation of the line.

7. A straight line passes through the point (2, 3) and is such that the sum of its
intercepts on the coordinate axes is 10. Find the equation of the line.

8. Find the ratio in which the straight line 5x + 4y = 4 divides the join of the
points (4, 5) and (7, −1).

9. Find the equation of the straight line which has y-intercept (-5) and is
equally inclined to the coordinate axes.

10. Find the locus of the middle point of the line segment made by the straight
line x cos α + y sin α = 4.

1. A point moves in a plane so that it is always equidistant from the fixed

points (−1, 2) and (3, 1). Find the equation of its locus.

2. A point moves in a plane so that the sum of its distances from the points
(4, 0) and (−4, 0) is 10. Find the equation of its locus.

3. The difference of the squares of the distances of a moving point from two
fixed points is constant. Find the equation of its locus.

4. If P is a variable point (at2 , 2at) where t is any real number and a is a fixed
real number. Find the equation of the locus of P.

5. A:(2, −7) and B:(−4, 3) are two given points in the X-Y plane. C is a
variable point in the X-Y plane such that the absolute value of the area of
the 4CAB is 21 square units. Find the equation of the locus of C.