41.
$$P$$ is a point on the line $$y + 2x = 1,$$ and $$Q$$ and $$R$$ are two points on the line $$3y + 6x = 6$$ such that triangle $$PQR$$ is an equilateral triangle. The length of the side of the triangle is :
The given lines are $$y + 2x = 1$$ and $$y + 2x = 2.$$
The distance between the lines is $$\frac{{\left( {2 - 1} \right)}}{{\sqrt 5 }} = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 5 }}.$$
The side length of the triangle is $$\frac{1}{{\sqrt 5 }}{\text{cosec}}\,{60^ \circ } = \frac{2}{{\sqrt 5 }}$$
42.
A straight line cuts off an intercept of $$2$$ units on the positive direction of $$x$$-axis and passes through the point $$\left( { - 3,\,5} \right).$$ What is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point $$\left( {3,\,3} \right)$$ on this line ?
The given line passes through $$\left( { - 3,\,5} \right)$$ and $$\left( {2,\,0} \right).$$ Its equation is
$$\eqalign{
& y - {y_1} = \left( {\frac{{{y_2} - {y_1}}}{{{x_2} - {x_1}}}} \right)\left( {x - {x_1}} \right) \cr
& \Rightarrow \left( {y - 5} \right) = \left( {\frac{{0 - 5}}{{2 + 3}}} \right)\left( {x + 3} \right) \cr
& \Rightarrow y = - x + 2......\left( 1 \right) \cr} $$
Slope $$ = m = -1$$ and slope of perpendicular line $$ = - \frac{1}{m} = 1$$
Equation of this line passing through $$\left( {3,\,3} \right)$$ is :
$$\eqalign{
& \left( {y - 3} \right) = 1\left( {n - 3} \right) \cr
& \Rightarrow y = x \cr} $$
From equation $$\left( 1 \right)$$ we get,
$$\eqalign{
& x = - x + 2 \cr
& \Rightarrow x = 1{\text{ and }}y = 1 \cr} $$
43.
A family of lines is given by $$\left( {1 + 2\lambda } \right)x + \left( {1 - \lambda } \right)y + \lambda = 0,\,\lambda $$ being the parameter. The line belonging to this family at the maximum distance from the point $$\left( {1,\,4} \right)$$ is :
Here $$x + y + \lambda \left( {2x - y + 1} \right) = 0$$
$$ \Rightarrow $$ each line passes through the point of intersection of the lines $$x+y=0$$ and $$2x-y+1=0,$$ which is $$\left( { - \frac{1}{3},\,\frac{1}{3}} \right)$$
The required line passes through $$\left( { - \frac{1}{3},\,\frac{1}{3}} \right)$$ and is perpendicular to the line joining $$\left( {1,\,4} \right)$$ and $$\left( { - \frac{1}{3},\,\frac{1}{3}} \right).$$
$$\therefore \,'m'$$ of the required line $$ = \frac{{ - 1}}{{\frac{{4 - \frac{1}{3}}}{{1 + \frac{1}{3}}}}} = - \frac{4}{{11}}$$
$$\therefore $$ the required line is $$y - \frac{1}{3} = - \frac{4}{{11}}\left( {x + \frac{1}{3}} \right){\text{ or }}12x + 33y = 7$$
44.
The pair of lines represented by $$3a{x^2} + 5xy + \left( {{a^2} - 2} \right){y^2} = 0$$ are perpendicular to each other for-
45.
The foot of the perpendicular on the line $$3x + y = \lambda $$ drawn from the origin is $$C.$$ If the line cuts the $$x$$-axis and $$y$$-axis at $$A$$ and $$B$$ respectively then $$BC : CA$$ is :
46.
Let $$PS$$ be the median of the triangle with vertices $$P\left( {2,\,2} \right),\,Q\left( {6,\, - 1} \right)$$ and $$R\left( {7,\,3} \right).$$ The equation of the line passing through $$\left( {1,\, - 1} \right)$$ and parallel to $$PS$$ is :
Let $$P, \,O, \,R,$$ be the vertices of $$\Delta PQR$$
Since $$PS$$ is the median, $$S$$ is mid-point of $$QR$$
$${\text{So, }}S = \left( {\frac{{7 + 6}}{2},\,\frac{{3 - 1}}{2}} \right) = \left( {\frac{{13}}{2},\,1} \right)$$
Now, slope of $$PS\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{2 - 1}}{{2 - \frac{{13}}{2}}} = - \frac{2}{9}$$
Since, required line is parallel to $$PS$$ therefore slope of required line $$=$$ slope of $$PS$$
Now, equation of line passing through $$\left( {1,\, - 1} \right)$$ and having slope $$ - \frac{2}{9}$$ is
$$\eqalign{
& y - \left( { - 1} \right) = - \frac{2}{9}\left( {x - 1} \right) \cr
& \Rightarrow 9y + 9 = - 2x + 2 \cr
& \Rightarrow 2x + 9y + 7 = 0 \cr} $$
47.
Area of the triangle formed by the line $$x + y= 3$$ and angle bisectors of the pair of straight lines $${x^2} - {y^2} + 2y = 1$$ is-
$$\eqalign{
& {x^2} - {y^2} + 2y = 1 \cr
& \Rightarrow x = \pm \left( {y - 1} \right) \cr} $$
Bisectors of above lines are $$x = 0$$ and $$y= 1$$
So area between $$x = 0, \,y= 1$$ and $$x + y =3$$ is shaded region shown in figure.
Area $$ = \frac{1}{2} \times 2 \times 2 = 2\,{\text{sq}}{\text{.}}\,{\text{units}}$$
48.
Locus of centroid of the triangle whose vertices are $$\left( {a\,\cos \,t,\,a\,\sin \,t} \right),\,\left( {b\,\sin \,t,\, - b\,\cos \,t} \right)$$ and $$\left( {1,\,0} \right)$$ where $$t$$ is a parameter, is :
$${\left( {{x^2} - {a^2}} \right)^2}{\left( {{x^2} - {b^2}} \right)^2} + {c^4}{\left( {{y^2} - {a^2}} \right)^2} = 0$$
This being the sum of two perfect squares, each term must be zero.
Hence, we get
$$\eqalign{
& {\left( {{x^2} - {a^2}} \right)^2}{\left( {{x^2} - {b^2}} \right)^2} = 0 \cr
& {\text{or }}\left( {{x^2} - {a^2}} \right)\left( {{x^2} - {b^2}} \right) = 0 \cr
& {\text{or }}\left( {x - a} \right)\left( {x + a} \right)\left( {x - b} \right)\left( {x + b} \right) = 0......\left( 1 \right) \cr
& {\text{and }}{c^4}{\left( {{y^2} - {a^2}} \right)^2} = 0 \cr
& {\text{or }}{c^2}\left( {{y^2} - {a^2}} \right) = 0 \cr
& {\text{or }}{c^2}\left( {y + a} \right)\left( {y - a} \right) = 0......\left( 2 \right) \cr} $$
Equation number $$\left( 1 \right)$$ holds good for $$x = \pm a{\text{ or }}x = \pm b$$
Equation number $$\left( 2 \right)$$ is satisfied by $$y = \pm a$$
As both of these should be simultaneously satisfied, the given equation represents $$8$$ points which we get as a result of different combinations of $$\left( 1 \right)$$ and $$\left( 2 \right),$$ namely $$\left( { \pm a,\, \pm a} \right),\,\left( { \pm b,\, \pm a} \right).$$
50.
The pair of lines $$\sqrt 3 {x^2} - 4xy + \sqrt 3 {y^2} = 0$$ are rotated about the origin by $$\frac{\pi }{6}$$ in the anticlockwise sense. The equation of the pair in the new position is :
The lines are $$\left( {\sqrt 3 x - y} \right)\left( {x - \sqrt 3 y} \right) = 0$$
Their separate equations are $$y = \tan \,{60^ \circ }.x,\,y = \tan \,{30^ \circ }.x$$
After rotation, the separate equations are $$y = \tan \,{90^ \circ }.x,\,y = \tan \,{60^ \circ }.x$$
$$\therefore $$ the combined equation in the new position is $$x\left( {\sqrt 3 x - y} \right) = 0$$