JEE ADVANCE ( STRAIGHT LINE )

MATHEMATICS
PROBLEM SET 01 :

1. If the straight lines joining the origin and the points of intersection of the curve
5x 2  12xy  6y 2  4x  2y  3  0 and x  ky  1  0 are equally inclined to the x-axis
then the value of k
a) 1 b) -1
c) 2 d) 3

2. In the figure shown, OABC is a rectangle with dimensions OA = 3 units and OC = 4

units. If AD = 1.5 units then slope of diagonal OB will be :

1 2
a) b)
2 3
1 1
c) d)
2 3

3. In the adjacent figure ABC is right angled at B. If AB = 4 and BC = 3 and side AC

slides along the coordinate axes in such a way that ‘B’ always remains in the first
quadrant, then B always lie on straight line :
a) y = x b) 3y = 4x
c) 4y = 3x d) x + y = 0

4. Adjacent figure represents a equilateral triangle ABC of side length 2 units. Locus of
vertex C as the side AB slides along the coordinate axes is :
y

2
B C

2 2

O A x

a) x 2  y 2  xy  1  0 b) x 2  y 2  xy 3  1
c) x 2  y 2  1  xy 3 d) x 2  y 2  xy 3  1  0

5. Suppose that a ray of light leaves the point (3,4), reflects off the y-axis towards the x-
axis, reflects off the x-axis, and finally arrives at the point (8,2). The value of x, is :
 1 1
a) x  4 b) x  4
2 3
2 1
c) x  4 d) x  5
3 3

6. In an isosceles right angled triangle, a straight line drawn from the mid-point of one of
equal sides to the opposite angle. It divides the angle into two
parts,  and ( / 4  ). Then tan  and tan[(  / 4)  ] are equal to :
1 1 1 1
a) , b) ,
2 3 3 4
1 1
c) , d) None of these
5 6

7. It is desired to construct a right angled triangle ABC(C   / 2) in xy-plane so that its

sides are parallel to co-ordinates axes and the medians through A and B lie on the lines
y = 3x + 1 and y  mx  2 respectively. The values of ‘m’ for which such a triangle is
possible is/are :
a) 12 b) 3/4
c) 4/3 d) 1/12

8. The median AD and BE of a triangle ABC with vertices A(0,b), B(0,0) and C(a,0) are
perpendicular to each other if :
a) b   2a b) a   2b
c) b   3a d) a   3b

9. A piece of cheese is located at (12,10) in a coordinate plane. A mouse is at (4, 2) and is
running up the line y  5x  18. At the point (a,b), the mouse starts getting farther from
the cheese rather than closer to it. The value of ( a + b) is :
a) 6 b) 10
c) 18 d) 14

10. The distance between the two parallel lines is 1 unit. A point ‘A’ is chosen to lie
between the lines at a distances ‘d’ from one of them. Triangle ABC is equilateral with
B on one line and C on the other parallel line. The length of the side of the equilateral
triangle is :
2 2 d2  d  1
a) d  d 1 b) 2
3 3
c) 2 d 2  d  1 d) d 2  d  1
11. If m and b are real numbers and mb > 0, then the line whose equation is y = mx + b
cannot contain the point :
a) (0, 2008) b) (2008, 0)
c) (0, 2008) d) (20, 100)

12. Two sides of a triangle have the joint equation ( x – 3y + 2)(x + y – 2)  0, the third side
which is variable always passes through the point (5, 1), then possible values of slope
of third side such that origin is an interior point of triangle is/are :
4 2
a) b)
3 3
1 1
c) d)
3 6

x y x y
13. Line   1 cuts the coordinate axes at A(a,0) and B(0,b) and the line   1
a b a ' b'
at A '(a ',0) and B'(0,  b'). If the points A, B, A ',B' are concyclic then the orthocentre
of the triangle ABA ' is :
a) (0, 0) b) (0, b ')
 aa '   bb' 
c)  0,  d)  0, 
 b   a 

Comprehension :

The base of an isosceles triangle is equal to 4, the base angle is equal to 45. A straight line cuts
the extension of the base at a point M at the angle  and bisects the lateral side of the triangle
which is nearest to M.

14. The are of quadrilateral which the straight line cuts off from the given triangle which is
nearest to M.
3  tan  3  2 tan 
a) b)
1  tan  1  tan 
3  tan  3  5tan 
c) d)
1  tan  1  tan 

15. The possible range of values in which area of quadrilateral which straight line cuts off
from the given triangle lie in :
5 7
a)  ,  b) ( 4, 5)
2 2
 9
c)  4,  d) ( 3, 4)
 2
16. The length of portion of straight line inside the triangle may lie in the range :
3 
a) (2, 4) b)  , 3 
2 
c)  2, 2  d)  2, 3 

Comprehension :

Let ABCD is a square with sides of unit length. Points E and F are taken on sides AB and AD
respectively so that AE = AF. Let P be any point inside the square ABCD.

17. The maximum possible area of quadrilateral CDFE is:

1 1
a) b)
8 4
3 5
c) d)
8 8

18. The value (PA) 2  (PB)2  (PC) 2  (PD)2 is equal to

a) 3 b) 2
c) 1 d) 0

19. Let a line passing through point A divides the square ABCD into two parts so that area
of one portion is double the other, then the length of portion of line inside the square is :
10 11
a) b)
3 3
2 13
c) d)
3 3

Comprehension :

Consider a trapezoid ABCD, one of whose non parallel sides AB which is 8cm long is
perpendicular to the base. The base BC and AD of trapezoid are 6cm and 10cm in lengths
respectively. Let L1 , L 2 ,L3 , L 4 represent the lines AB,BC,CD and DA respectively and d(P,L)
denote the perpendicular distance of point P from line L.

20. Find the area of region inside the trapezoid ABCD in which the point Q can lie
satisfying d(Q,L 4 )  d(Q, L3 ) :
a) 3(3 5  3) b) 24( 3  1)
c) 4(5  5) d) 25( 5  1)
21. Distance of the point R lying on line AD from vertex A so that perimeter of triangle
RBC is minimum is :
a) 2 b) 3
c) 4 d) 5

22. The maximum possible area of rectangle inscribed in the trapezoid so that one of its
sides lies on the larger base of trapezoid is :
a) 36 b) 54
c) 42 d) 48

Comprehension :

Consider 3 non-collinear points A(9,3) B(7,-1) and C(1,-1).Let P(a,b) be the centre and R is the
radius of circle ‘S’ passing through points A,B,C. Also H(x, y) are the coordinates of the
orthocentre of triangle ABC whose area be denoted by .

23. If D, E and F are the middle points of BC, CA and AB respectively then the area of the
triangle DEF is :
a) 12 b) 6
c) 4 d) 3

24. The value of a + b + R equals :

a) 3 b) 12
c) 13 d) none of these

25. The ordered pair (x, y) is :

a) (9, 6) b) (-9, 6)
c) (9, -5) d) (9, 5)

Comprehension :

Let a and b be the lengths of the legs of a right triangle with following properties

a) All 3 sides of the triangle are integers.

b) The perimeter of the triangle is numerically equal to area of the triangle, it is given that a < b

26. The number of ordered pairs (a, b) will be:

a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) 4

27. Maximum possible perimeter of the triangle is :

a) 27 b) 28
c) 29 d) 30

28. Minimum possible area of the triangle is :

a) 24 b) 25
 c) 26 d) 27

Comprehension :

Let A  (0,0),B  (5,0),C  (5,3) and D  (0,3) are the vertices of rectangle ABCD. If P is a
variable point lying inside the rectangle ABCD and d(P,L) denote perpendicular distance of
point P from line L.

29. If d(P, AB)  min{d(P, BC),d(P,CD),d(P,AD)}, then area of the region in which P lies
is :
17 19
a) b)
4 4
21 23
c) d)
4 4

30. If d(P, AB)  max{d(P,BC),d(P,CD),d(P, AD)}, then area of the region in which P lies
is :
1
a) 1 b)
2
3 1
c) d)
4 4
2
 3
31. If  d(P,AB)    d(P, AD)2  1, then area of the region in which P lies
 2
is :

a) 15  2 b)10 
2

c)15   d)15 
2

Comprehension :

OACB is a square on x-y plane where O is the origin. A line through A intersects the diagonal
OC at D internally, side OB at E internally and side CB at F externally. Given that AD : DE =
4:3, AD = 5 units and the square lies completely in first quadrant.

32. The area of square will be :

a) 36 b) 42
c) 49 d) 82

33. The abscissa of F will be :

8 7
a)  b) 
3 3
 5 4
c)  d) 
3 3

34. Let O’ be the reflection of O along AD. The equation of circumcircle of AO'E will be :
a) x 2  y 2  7x  21y  0(b)
b) 4(x 2  y2 )  7x  21y  0
c) 4(x 2  y2  7x)  21y  0
d) x 2  y 2  21x  7y  0

Comprehension :

P is an interior point of triangle ABC. AP,BP,CP when produced meet the sides at D,E,F
respectively. If BD = 2DC and AE = 3EC, then

35. AP : PD =
a) 5 : 6 b) 6 : 5
c) 8 : 3 d) 9 : 2

36. BP : PE =
a) 5 : 6 b) 6 : 5
c) 8 : 3 d) 7 : 4

37. CP : PF
a) 5 : 6 b) 6 : 5
c) 7 : 4 d) 8 : 3

38. Given four parallel lines L1 , L 2 , L3 and L 4 as shown in figure. Let d ij denotes the
perpendicular distance between lines Li and L ji, j {1, 2,3,4}. Let P be a point, sum of
whose perpendicular distance from four lines is K, also d12  d 23  d 34 Then the complete
locus of point P.
_____________ L1
_____________ L 2
_____________ L3
_____________ L 4
 Column – I Column – II
(a) If K  d12  2d 23  d 34 (p) Not possible
(b) If K  d12  2d 23  d 34  2, (q) Entire region between the lines
where 0    d12 L 2 and L3
(c) If K  d12  2d 23  d 34  2 (r) Entire region between the lines
where 0    d 34 L1 and L 2
(d) If K  d12  2d 23  d 34 (s) Entire region between the lines
L1 and L 2 and between L3 and L 4

39. P (3,1) ,Q (6,5) and R(x,y) are three points such that angle PRQ is right angle and the
area of PRQ is 7, then number of such points R is.

40. If n1 is the number of points on the line 3x + 4y = 5 which is at distance of 1  sin 2 

units from (2,3) and n 2 denotes the number of points on the line 3x + 4y = 5 which is at
distance of sec 2   2cos ec 2 units from (1,3), then find the sum of roots of equations
n 2 x 2  6x  n1  0.

41. In a ABC, the vertex A is (1,1) and orthocentre is (2,4). If the sides AB and BC are
members of the family of straight lines ax + by + c = 0. Where a,b,c are in A.P. then the
coordinates of vertex C are (h, k). Find the value of 2h + 12k.

42. Each side of a square is of length 4 units. The center of the square is at (3,7) and one of
the diagonals is parallel to the line y = x. If the vertices of the square be
(x1 , y1 ),(x 2 , y 2 ),(x 3 , y3 ) and (x 4 , y 4 ) then find the value of
max(y1 , y 2 , y3 , y 4 )  min(x1 , x 2 , x 3 , x 4 ).

43. The base of an isosceles triangle is the intercept made by the line x + 2y = 4 with the
coordinate axes. If the equation of the equal sides be x =4 and y = mx + c then find the
value of 8m + c.

44. The slopes of three sides of a triangle ABC are 1, 2,3 respectively. If the orthocentre
a
of triangle ABC is origin, then the locus of its centroid is y  x where a,b are relatively
b
prime then b – a is equal to.

45. The equation of a line through the mid point of the sides AB and AD of rhombus ABCD,
whose one diagonal is 3x - 4y + 5 = 0 and one vertex is A(3,1) is ax + by + c = 0. Find
the absolute value of ( a + b + c) where a,b,c are integers expressed in lowest form.

46. Consider ABC with A(m, m  1),B( 1,0),C(l,l  1) is such that a line of slops 2, drawn
through centroid of ABC meets the circumcentre of ABC on y-axis, then find the
value of l + m.
47. A variable line L1 cuts y  3x  1 and y  2x  3 at points P1 and P2 . If the locus of
midpoints of P1 and P2 is line L 2 with undefined slops where slops of L1 is constant.
p
If slops of L1 is , where p,q coprime natural numbers then p+q
q

48. Let A,B,C lies on lines y  x, y  2x and y  3x respectively. Also AB passes through
fixed point (1,0),BC Passes through fixed point (0,-1), then AC also passes through fixed
point (h, k), find the value of h + k.

PROBLEM SET 01 :

ANSWER KEY :
1. B 11. B 21. B 31. D 41. (14)
2. C 12. B,C,D 22. D 32. C 42. (8)
3. B 13. B,C 23. D 33. B 43. (8)
4. C 14. D 24. B 34. C 44. (7)
5. B 15. D 25. C 35. D 45. (1)
6. A 16. C 26. B 36. C 46. (0)
7. B 17. D 27. D 37. A 47. (3)
8. B 18. D 28. A 38. 48. (0)
(A-Q, C-S,
B-R, D-P)
9. B 19. D 29. C 39. (1)
10. B 20. D 30. D 40. (3)

PROBLEM SET 02 :

1. OX and OY are two coordinate axes. On OY is taken a fixed point P(0,c) and on OX
any point Q. On PQ, an equilateral triangle is described, its vertex R being on the side of
PQ away from O. Then prove that the locus of R is y  3x  c.

2. If in triangle ABC, A  (1,10), circumcenter  ( 1/ 3, 2 / 3), and orthocentre

 (11/ 4,4 / 3), then the coordinates of the midpoint of the side opposite to A are
a) (1, 11/ 3) b) (1, 5)
c) (1, -3 ) d) (1, 6)

3. A rectangular billiard table has vertices at P(0,0),Q(0,7), R(10,7), and S(10,0).A small
billiard ball starts at M(3,4), moves in a straight line to the top of the table, bounces to
the right side of the table, and then comes to rest at N(7,1).The y-coordinate of the point
where it hits the right side is
a) 3.7 b) 3.8
 c) 3.9 d) 4

4. Let A r ,r  1, 2,3,....., be the points on the number line such that OA1 ,OA 2 ,OA 3 ,.......
are in GP, where O is the origin, and the common ratio of the GP be a positive proper
fraction. Let M r be the middle point of the line segment A r A r 1. Then the value of


r 1
OM r is equal to
OA1 (OSA1  OA 2 ) OA1 (OA1  OA 2 )
a) b)
2(OA1  OA 2 ) 2(OA1  OA 2 )
OA1
c) d) 
2(OA1  OA 2 )

5. The vertices A and D of square ABCD lie on the positive sides of x- axis and y-axis,
respectively. If the vertex C is the point (12,17), then the coordinates of vertex B are
a) (14,16) b) (15,3)
c) (17,5) d) (17,12)

For Problems 6-7

Consider the triangle having vertices O(0,0), A(2,0), and B( 1, 3). Also,
b  min{a1 ,a 2 ,a 3 ,......a n } means b  a1 when a1 is least; b  a 2 when a 2 is least, and so on. From
this, we can say b  a1 , b  a 2 ,......,b  a n .

6. Let R be the region consisting of all those points P inside OAB which satisfy
d(P,OA)  min[d(P,OB),d(P,AB)], where d denotes the distance from the point to the
corresponding line. Then the area of the region R is
a) 3 sq.units b) (2  3) sq.units
c) 3 / 2 sq.units d)1/ 3 sq.units

7. Let R be the region consisting of all those points P inside OAB which satisfy
OP  min[BP, AP]. Then the area of the region R is
a) 3 sq.units b)1/(2 3) sq.units
c) 3 / 2 sq.units d) none of these

8 Let 0     / 2 be a fixed angle. If P  (cos ,sin ) and

Q  (cos(  ),sin(  )), then Q is obtained from P by the
a) clockwise rotation around the origin through an angle 
b) anticlockwise rotation around the origin through an angle 
c) reflection in the line through the origin with slope tan 
d) reflection in the line through the origin with slope tan( / 2)

9. Consider three points P  ( sin(  ),  cos ),Q  (cos(  ),sin ),
 and R  (cos(    ),sin(  )), where 0  , ,    / 4.Then
a) P lies on the line segment RQ
b) Q lies on the line segment PR
c) R lies on the line segment QP
d) P,Q,R are non-collinear

10 A variable straight line is drawn through the point of intersection of the straight lines
x/a + y/b = 1 and x/b + y/a = 1 and meets the coordinate axes at A and B. Show that the
locus of the midpoint of AB is the curve 2xy (a+b) = ab (x+y).

11. If the line (x/a) + (y/b) = 1 moves in such a way that (1/ a 2 )  (1/ b 2 )  (1/ c 2 ), where c is a
constant, prove that the foot of the perpendicular from the origin on the straight line
describes the circle x 2  y 2  c 2 .

12. ABC is an equilateral triangle with A (0,0) and B (a,0), (a > 0). L, M, and N are the foot
of the perpendiculars drawn from a point P to the sides AB, BC, and CA, respectively. If
P lies inside the triangle and satisfies the condition PL2  PM  PN, then find the locus of
P.

13. If the line ax + by = 1 passes through the point of intersection of

y = x tan   p sec , y sin(30  )  x cos(30  )  p, and is inclined at 30 with
3p 2
y  tan x, then prove that a  b 
2 2
.
4

14. Straight lines y  mx  c1 and y  mx  c 2 , where m  R  , meet the x-axis at A1 and A 2 ,

respectively, and the y-axis at B1 and B2 , respectively. It is given that points
A1 ,A 2 ,B1 , and B2 are concyclic. Find the locus of the intersection of lines
A1B2 and A 2 B1.

15. A line L1  3y  2x  6  0 is rotated about its point of intersection with the y-axis in the
clockwise direction to make it L 2 such that the area formed by L1 , L 2 , the x-axis, and line
x = 5 is 49/3 sq. units if its point of intersection with x = 5 lies below the x-axis. Find the
equation of L 2 .

16 . Find the locus of the circumcenter of a triangle whose two sides are along the coordinate
axes and the third side passes through the point of intersection of the lines
ax + by + c = 0 and lx  my  n  0.

17 . The equation of two sides of a triangle are 3y – x – 2 = 0 and y + x – 2 = 0. The third

 side, which is variable, always passes through the point ( 5,-1). Find the range of the
values of the slope of the third side, so that the origin is an interior point of the triangle.

18 . Let ABC be a given isosceles triangle with AB = AC. Sides AB and AC are extended
up to E and F, respectively, such that BE  CF  AB2 . Prove that the line EF always
passes through a fixed point.

19 . Let L1  0 and L 2  0 be two fixed lines. A variable line is drawn through the origin
to cut the two lines at R and S. P is a point on the line AB such that
(m  n) / OP  m / OR  n / OS. Show that the locus of P is a straight line passing through
the point of intersection of the given lines (R,S,P are on the same side of O).

20 . A variable line cuts n given concurrent straight lines at

1
A1 , A 2 ,.......,A n . such that  i1
n
is a constant. Show that it always passes through a
OA i
fixed point, O being the point of intersection of the lines.

21 . Consider two lines L1 and L 2 given by a1x  b1y  c1  0 and

a 2 x  b 2 y  c 2  0, respectively, where c1 ,c 2  0 , intersecting at point P.A line L3 is
drawn through the origin meeting the lines L1 and L 2 at A and B, respectively, such that
PA = PB. Similarly, one more line L 4 is drawn through the origin meeting the lines
L1 and L 2 at A1 and B1 , respectively, such that PA1  PB1. Obtain the combined equation
of lines L3 and L 4 .

22 . Find the locus of the point at which two given portions of the straight line subtend equal
angle.

23. A right-angled triangle ABC having C as right angle is of given magnitude and the
angular points A and B slide along two given perpendicular axes. Show that the locus of
C is the pair of straight lines whose equation are y   (b / a)x.

24 . Let 2x + 3y = 6 be a line meeting the coordinate axes at A and B, respectively. A

variable line x/a + y/b = 1 meets the axes at P and Q, respectively, in such a way that the
lines BP and AQ always meet at right angle at R. Find the locus of the arthocenter of
triangle ARB.

25 . ABC is a variable triangle such that A is (1,2),and B and C lie on the line
y  x   ( is a variable). Then the locus of the orthocentre of ABC is
a) x + y = 0 b) x – y = 0
c) x  y  4
2 2
d) x – y = 3

26 . A line L is drawn from P(4,3) to meet the lines L1 and L 2 given by 3x + 4y + 5 = 0 and
 3x + 4y + 15 = 0 at points A and B, respectively. From A, a line perpendicular to L is
drawn meeting the line L 2 at A1. Similarly, from point B, a line perpendicular to L is
drawn meeting the line L1 at B1. Thus, a parallelogram AA1BB1 is formed. Then the
equation of L so that the area of the parallelogram AA1BB1 is the least is
a) x – 7y + 17 = 0 b) 7x + y + 31 = 0
c) x – 7y – 17 = 0 d) x + 7y – 31 = 0

27 . In a triangle ABC, if A  (1, 2) and the internal angle bisectors through B and C are y = x
and y  2x, then the in radius r of ABC is
a) 1/ 3 b)1/ 2
c) 2/3 d) none of these

28 . Two sides of a triangle are along the coordinate axes and the medium through the
vertices (order than the origin) are mutually perpendicular. The number of such triangles
is/are
a) zero b) two
c) four d) infinite

29 . If the equation of any two diagonals of a regular pentagon belongs to the family of lines
(1  2 )y  (2   )x  1    0 and their lengths are sin 36 , then the locus of the center
of circle circumscribing the given pentagon (the triangles formed by these diagonals
with the these diagonals with the sides of pentagon have no side common) is
a) x 2  y 2  2x  2y  1  sin 2 72  0
b) x 2  y 2  2x  2y  cos 2 72  0
c) x 2  y 2  2x  2y  1  cos 2 72  0
d) x 2  y 2  2x  2y  sin 2 72  0

30 . Let P be (5,3) and a point R on y  x and Q on the x-axis be such that PQ  QR  RP is

minimum. Then the coordinates of Q are
a) (17/4,0) b) (17,0)
c) (17/2,0) d) none of these

31 . L1 and L 2 are two lines. If the reflection of L1 on L 2 and the reflection of

L 2 on L1 coincide, then the angle between the lines is
a) 30 b) 60
c) 45 d) 90

32 . Two medians drawn from the acute angles of a right-angled triangle intersect at an
angle  / 6. If the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle is 3 units, then area of the
triangle ( in sq. units )is
a) 3 b) 3
 c) 2 d) 9

For Problems 33– 35

The line 6x + 8y = 48 intersects the coordinate axes at A and B, respectively. A line L bisects
the area and the perimeter of triangle OAB, where O is the origin.

33 . The number of such lines possible is

a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) more than 3

34 . The slops of line L can be

a) (10  5 6) /10 b) (10  5 6) /10
c) (8  3 6) /10 d) none of these

35 . Line L
a) dose not intersect AB
b) dose not intersect OB
c) dose not intersect OA
d) can intersect all the sides

36 . The line y = 3x/4 meets the lines x – y +1 = 0 and 2x – y – 5 = 0 at point A and B,

respectively. If P on the line y = 3x/4 satisfies the condition PA  PB  25, then the
number of possible coordinates of P is _____.

37 . If the line y  3x cuts the curve x 3  y3  3xy  5x 2  3y 2  4x  5y  1  0 at the points

A, B, C, then OA  OB  OC is equal to (k /13)(3 3  1). The value of k is______.

38 . The ends A, B of a straight line segment of constant length c slide upon the fixed
rectangular axes OX, OY, respectively. If the rectangle OAPB is completed, then show
that the locus of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from P to AB is x 2 / 3  y 2 / 3  c2 / 3 .

39 . Lines L1  ax  by  c  0 and L 2  lx  my  n  0 intersect at the point P and make an

angle  with each other. Find the equation of a line different from L 2 which passes
through P and makes the same angle  with L1.

40 . A rectangle PQRS has its side PQ parallel to the line y = mx and vertices P, Q, and S on
the lines y  a, x  b,and x  b, respectively. Find the locus of the vertex R.

41 . A point moves so that the distance between the foot of perpendicular from it on the lines
ax 2  2h xy  by 2  0 is a constant 2d. Show that the equation to its locus is
 (x 2  y 2 )(h 2  ab)  d 2{(a  b)2  4h 2 }.

42 . If the pairs of lines x 2  2xy  ay 2  0 and ax 2  2xy  y 2  0 have exactly one line in
common, then the joint equation of the other two lines is given by
a) 3x 2  8xy  3y 2  0 b) 3x 2  10xy  3y 2  0
c) y 2  2xy  3x 2  0 d) x 2  2xy  3y 2  0

43 . The combined equation of the lines l1 and l 2 is 2x 2  6xy  y 2  0 and that of the lines
m1 and m 2 is 4x 2  18xy  y 2  0. If the angle between l1 and m 2 will be is  then angle
between l2 and m1
a)  / 2   b) 2
c)  / 4   d) 
 PROBLEM SET 02 :

ANSWER KEY :
1. 11. 21. 31. B
(a 22  b 22 )(a1x  b1y) 2
 (a12  b12 )(a 2 x  b 2 y) 2
2. A 12. 22. 32. A
a (a  b  c)(x 2  y 2 )
x 2  y 2  ax  y0
3 2abx  abc  0
3. A 13. 23. 33. A
4. B 14. x + y = 0 24. x 2  y 2  3x  2y  0 34. B
5. C 15. x + y = 2 25. D 35. C
6. D 16. 26. A 36. (3)
2xy(ma  bl) 
x(an  lc)  g(mc  bn)
7. B  1 1 27. B 37. (4)
17.   , 
 5 3
8. D 18. 28. A 38.
9. D 19. 29. A 39.
2(al  bm)(ax  by  c)
(a 2  b 2 )(lx  my  n)  0
10. 20. 30. A 40. (m 2  1)x  my  b(m 2  1)  am  0
41. 42. B 43. D