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 the perpendicular from the point \[(b,a)\]to the line \[\frac{x}{a}-\frac{y}{b}=1\], is         

    A)            \[\left| \frac{{{a}^{2}}-ab+{{b}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}} \right|\]  

    B)            \[\left| \frac{{{b}^{2}}-ab-{{a}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}} \right|\]

    C)            \[\left| \frac{{{a}^{2}}+ab-{{b}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}} \right|\]  

    D)            None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               Length of perpendicular is \[\left| \frac{\frac{b}{a}-\frac{a}{b}-1}{\sqrt{{{\left( \frac{1}{a} \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{1}{b} \right)}^{2}}}} \right|=\left| \frac{{{b}^{2}}-{{a}^{2}}-ab}{\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}} \right|\]


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