Interaction between Two Straight Lines

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Interaction between Two Straight Lines: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Distance between Two Parallel Lines, Interaction between Two Lines, Finding Area of Triangle when Equations of Sides are Given & Finding Area of Quadrilateral when Sides are Given etc.

Important Questions on Interaction between Two Straight Lines

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The vertices of a triangle OBC are O 0, 0, B-3, -1, C-1, -3 find the equation of the line parallel to BC and intersecting the sides OB & OC, whose perpendicular distance from the point 0, 0 is half.

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A straight line L is perpendicular to the line 5x - y = 1. The area of the triangle formed by the line L & the co-ordinate axes is 5. Find the equation of the line.

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One side of a rectangle lies along the line   4x+7y+5=0.  Two of its vertices are   ( 3,1 )and(1,1).   The equations of the other three sides are.

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Two equal sides of an isosceles triangle are given by the equation   7xy+3=0andx+y3=0  and its third side passes through the point   ( 1,10 ).   The equation of the third side can be.

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Equation of the line passing through (1,2) and parallel to the line y=3x-1 is

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Two vertices of a triangle are 3,-2 and -2,3, and its orthocentre is -6,1. Then, the third vertex of this triangle cannot lie on the line

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The distance between the lines 4x+3y-11=0 and 8x+6y-15=0 is a10 units. Write the value of a.

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The y-intercept of the line passing through A(6,1)  and perpendicular to the line x-2y=4 is …

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Distance between two parallel lines y=2x+4 and y=2x-1 is

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If the lines kx-2y-1=0 and 6x-4y-m=0 are identical (co -incident) lines, then the values of k and m are ......

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The distance between lines x+y+2=0 and 3x+3y-7=0 is

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The x-axis, y-axis and line passing through point A(5,0) form a triangle AOB, where O is origin. If A=60o, then the area of triangle in square units is

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Distance between the lines 5x+3y-7=0 and 15x+9y+14=0 is

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The measure of the angle between pair of lines x=y and y=0 is?

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A  new airport, S is to be constructed at some point along a straight road, R, such that its distance from a nearby town, T, is the shortest possible.

The town, T, and the road, R, are placed on a coordinate system where T has coordinates (80, 140) and R has equation y=x-80. All coordinates are given in kilometres.

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Determine the coordinates of S, the new airport.

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Lines L1 and L2 are given by the equations  L1:ax-3y=9 and L2:y=23x+4.

The two lines are perpendicular.Hence, determine the coordinates of the intersection point of the lines.

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The line L has equation y=3x-5. For the line x+3y+9=0, State with reasons whether they are parallel to L, perpendicular to L, or neither.

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The line L has equation y=3x-5. For the line y=-13x+4, State with reasons whether they are parallel to L, perpendicular to L, or neither.

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The line Lhas equation y=3x-5. For the line y-5=2(x-7), State with reasons whether they are parallel to L, perpendicular to L, or neither.

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The line L has equation y=3x-5. For the line-6x+2y+8=0,  State with reasons whether they are parallel to L, perpendicular to L, or neither.