JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Straight Line Question Bank Distance between two lines, Perpendicular distance of the line from a point Position of point w.r.t. line

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    The length of perpendicular drawn from origin on the line joining \[({x}',{y}')\] and \[({x}'',{y}'')\], is

    A)            \[\frac{x'y''+x''y'}{\sqrt{{{(x''-x')}^{2}}+{{(y''-y')}^{2}}}}\]         

    B)            \[\frac{x'y''-x''y'}{\sqrt{{{(x''-x')}^{2}}+{{(y''-y')}^{2}}}}\]

    C)            \[\frac{x'x''+y'y''}{\sqrt{{{(x''+x')}^{2}}+{{(y''+y')}^{2}}}}\]     

    D)            \[\frac{x'x''+y'y''}{\sqrt{{{(x''-x')}^{2}}+{{(y''-y')}^{2}}}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               Straight line \[y-{y}'=\frac{{{y}'}'-{y}'}{{{x}'}'-{x}'}(x-{x}')\]                    Length of perpendicular \[=\frac{{x}'({{y}'}'-{y}')-{y}'({{x}'}'-{x}')}{\sqrt{{{({{x}'}'-{x}')}^{2}}+{{({{y}'}'-{y}')}^{2}}}}\]                                                                                  \[=\frac{{x}'{{y}'}'-{y}'{{x}'}'}{\sqrt{{{({{x}'}'-{x}')}^{2}}+{{({{y}'}'-{y}')}^{2}}}}\] Note : Students should remember this question as a formula.


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