JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Pair of Straight Lines Question Bank Equation of Pair of Straight Lines

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    If one of the line represented by the equation \[a{{x}^{2}}+2hxy+b{{y}^{2}}=0\] is coincident with one of the line represented by \[{a}'{{x}^{2}}+2{h}'xy+{b}'{{y}^{2}}=0\], then

    A)            \[{{(a{b}'-{a}'b)}^{2}}=4(a{h}'-{a}'h)\,(h{b}'-{h}'b)\]

    B)            \[{{(a{b}'+{a}'b)}^{2}}=4(a{h}'-{a}'h)\,(h{b}'-{h}'b)\]

    C)            \[{{(a{b}'-{a}'b)}^{2}}=(a{h}'-{a}'h)\,(h{b}'-{h}'b)\]

    D)            None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               The equation of given lines are                    \[a{{x}^{2}}+2hxy+b{{y}^{2}}=0\]                                          .....(i)                    \[a'{{x}^{2}}+2h'xy+b'{{y}^{2}}=0\]                                       .....(ii)                    Let common line to both is \[y=mx\], then it will satisfy both the above equations.                    Hence, \[a+2mh+b{{m}^{2}}=0\]                           .....(iii)                    and \[a'\,+\,2mh'\,+\,b'{{m}^{2}}=0\]                                 .....(iv)                    Now eliminating 'm' from the equation (iii) and (iv),                    we get \[\frac{{{m}^{2}}}{2ha'-2h'a}=\frac{-m}{ba'-b'a}=\frac{1}{2bh'-2b'h}\]                    \[\Rightarrow {{m}^{2}}=\frac{ha'-h'a}{bh'-b'h}\]                                          .....(v)                    and \[{{m}^{2}}=\frac{{{(ab'-ba')}^{2}}}{4{{(bh'-b'h)}^{2}}}\]                                    .....(vi)                    From (v) and (vi), we get the required condition.


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