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

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    If the ratio of gradients of the lines represented by \[a{{x}^{2}}+2hxy+b{{y}^{2}}=0\]is  1 : 3, then the value of the ratio \[{{h}^{2}}:ab\]is                                                        [MP PET 1998]

    A)            \[\frac{1}{3}\]                      

    B)            \[\frac{3}{4}\]

    C)            \[\frac{4}{3}\]                      

    D)            1

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

               Gradients \[\frac{{{m}_{1}}}{{{m}_{2}}}=1:3\]                    \[{{m}_{1}}=m,\ \ {{m}_{2}}=3m\]                    \[\therefore {{m}_{1}}+{{m}_{2}}=-\frac{2h}{b}\]                                          .....(i)                    and \[{{m}_{1}}.{{m}_{2}}=\frac{a}{b}\]                                                              .?.(ii)                    From equation (i), \[m+3m=-\frac{2h}{b}\]or \[m=\frac{-h}{2b}\]                    From equation (ii), \[m.3m=\frac{a}{b}\]                    \[3.\frac{{{h}^{2}}}{4{{b}^{2}}}=\frac{a}{b}\Rightarrow \frac{{{h}^{2}}}{ab}=\frac{4}{3}\].                    Trick: If the gradients of two lines are in ratio\[1:n\].                    Then \[\frac{{{h}^{2}}}{ab}=\frac{{{(n+1)}^{2}}}{4n}=\frac{{{(3+1)}^{2}}}{4.3}=\frac{4}{3}\].


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