Straight Line

STRAIGHT LINES

3. Brief discription of Centroid, Orthocenter, Incenter and Circumcentre.

O, G and C collinear with centroid dividing the line joining ‘O’ and C in the ratio
2:1

4. Position of a point in two/ three dimension absissa/ordinate ; polar co-ordinates ;

position vectors

5. Distance between two points and section formula

(Harmonic conjugate) and determination of O/G/C/I.
5. Distance between two points and section formula

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(Harmonic conjugate) and determination of O/G/C/I.

Note :

(1) External and internal common tangents dividing the line joining the centres of
the two circles externally and internally in the ratio of their radii.
(2) Internal an external angle bisector of an angle of a triangle divide the base
Harmonically.

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8. Inclination/slope/different forms of straight lines

Definition: It is defined as the locus of a point such that if any two points of this
locus are joined, they define a unique direction. To understand the concept of
direction, we should know inclination of a line and slope of a line.

Inclination of a line : If a straight line intersects the x-axis, the inclination of the
line is defined as the measure of the smallest non-negative angle which the line
makes with the positive direction of the x--axis.

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15. Family of straight line : It is explained in lectures

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Q.1 The locus of the orthocentre of the triangle formed by the lines [IIT 2009]
(l+p)x–py + p(1+p) = 0, (1+q) x – qy + q(1+q) = 0, and y = 0, where p  q, is
(A) a hyperbola (B) a parabola (C) an ellipse (D) a straight line

Q.2 A straight line L through the point (3, –2) is inclined at an angle 60° to the line 3x  y  1 . If L also
intersects the x-axis, then the equations of L is : [IIT 2011]

(A) y  3x  2  3 3  0 (B) y  3x  2  3 3  0

(C) 3 y  x  3  2 3  0 (D) 3 y  x  3  2 3  0
Q.3 The x coordinate of the incentre of the triangle that has the coordinates if mid points of its sides as
(0, 1) (1, 1) and (1, 0) is [IIT JEE Main 2013]

(A) 1  2 (B) 2  2 (C) 2  2 (D) 1  2

Q.4 A ray of light along x  3 y  3 gets reflected upon reaching x-axis, the equation of the reflected
ray is [IIT JEE Main 2013]

(A) 3 y  x  1 (B) y  x  3 (C) 3 y  x  3 (D) y  3x  3

Q.5 For a > b > c >0, the distance between (1,1) and the point of intersection of the lines at
ax + b y + c = 0 and bx + ay + c = 0 is less than 2 2 . Then [IIT JEE Advanced 2013]
(A) a+ b – c > 0 (B) a – b + c < 0 (C) a – b + c > 0 (D) a + b – c < 0

Q.6 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 [IIT JEE Main 2014]
(A) 2x – 9y – 11 = 0 (B) 4x – 7y –11 = 0 (C) 2x + 9y + 7 = 0 (D) 4x + 7y + 3 = 0

Q.7 For a point P in the plane, let d1(P) and d2(P) be the distances of the point P from the lines
x – y = 0 and x + y = 0 respectively. The area of the region R consisting of all point P lying in the
first quadrant of the plane and satisfying 2  d1(P) + d2(P)  4, is [IIT JEE Advanced 2014]

Q.8 The normal to the curvek, x2 + 2xy – 3y2 = 0, at (1, 1) [IIT JEE Main 2015]
(A) meets the curve again in the fourth quadrant
(B) does not meet the curve again
(C) meets the curve again in the second quadrant
(D) meets the curve again in the third quadrant

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Q.9 The number of points, having both co-ordinates as integers, that lie in the interior of the triangle with
vertices (0,0), (0,41) and (41,0) is [IIT JEE Main 2015]
(A) 780 (B) 901 (C) 861 (D) 820

Q.10 Two sides of rhombus are along the lines, x – y + 1 = 0 and 7x – y – 5 = 0. If its diagonals intersect
at (–1, –2), then which one of the following is a vertex of this rhombus ? [IIT JEE Main 2016]

1 8  10 7 
(A) (–3, –9) (B) (–3, –8) (C)  3 ,  3  (D)   3 ,  3 
   

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