NCERT Exemplar MCQs

Overview

  • Slope of a line:
    If \(\theta\) is the angle made by a line with positive direction of \(x\)-axis in anticlockwise direction, then the value of \(\tan \theta\) is called the slope of the line and is denoted by \(m\).
    The slope of a line passing through points \(\mathrm{P}\left(x_1, y_1\right)\) and \(\mathrm{Q}\left(x_2, y_2\right)\) is given by
    \(
    m=\tan \theta=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}
    \)
  • Angle between two lines: The angle \(\theta\) between the two lines having slopes \(m_1\) and \(m_2\) is given by
    \(
    \tan \theta= \pm \frac{\left(m_1-m_2\right)}{1+m_1 m_2}
    \)
  • If we take the acute angle between two lines, then \(\tan \theta=\left|\frac{m_1-m_2}{1+m_1 m_2}\right|\)
  • If the lines are parallel, then \(m_1=m_2\).
  • If the lines are perpendicular, then \(m_1 m_2=-1\).
  • Collinearity of three points: If three points \(\mathrm{P}(h, k), \mathrm{Q}\left(x_1, y_1\right)\) and \(\mathrm{R}\left(x_2, y_2\right)\) are such that slope of \(\mathrm{PQ}=\) slope of \(\mathrm{QR}\), i.e., \(\frac{y_1-k}{x_1-h}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\) or \(\quad\left(h-x_1\right)\left(y_2-y_1\right)=\left(k-y_1\right)\left(x_2-x_1\right)\) then they are said to be collinear.

 

  • Various forms of the equation of a line
    (i) If a line is at a distance \(a\) and parallel to \(x\)-axis, then the equation of the line is \(y= \pm a\).
    (ii) If a line is parallel to \(y\)-axis at a distance \(b\) from \(y\)-axis then its equation is \(x= \pm b\)
    (iii) Point-slope form : The equation of a line having slope \(m\) and passing through the point \(\left(x_0, y_0\right)\) is given by \(y-y_0=m\left(x-x_0\right)\)
    (iv) Two-point-form : The equation of a line passing through two points \(\left(x_1, y_1\right)\) and \(\left(x_2, y_2\right)\) is given by
    \(
    y-y_1=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\left(x-x_1\right)
    \)
    (v) Slope intercept form: The equation of the line making an intercept \(c\) on \(y\)-axis and having slope \(m\) is given by
    \(
    y=m x+c
    \)
    Note that the value of \(c\) will be positive or negative as the intercept is made on the positive or negative side of the \(y\)-axis, respectively.
    (vi) Intercept form: The equation of the line making intercepts \(a\) and \(b\) on \(x\) – and \(y\) axis respectively is given by \(\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=1\).
    (vii) Normal form : Suppose a non-vertical line is known to us with following data:
    (a) Length of the perpendicular (normal) \(p\) from origin to the line.
    (b) Angle \(\omega\) which normal makes with the positive direction of \(x\)-axis. Then the equation of such a line is given by \(x \cos \omega+y \sin \omega=p\)

 

  • General Equation of Line: Any equation of the form \(\mathrm{Ax}+\mathrm{B} y+\mathrm{C}=0\), where \(\mathrm{A}\) and \(\mathrm{B}\) are simultaneously not zero, is called the general equation of a line.
    Different forms of \(\mathrm{A} x+\mathrm{B} y+\mathrm{C}=\mathbf{0}\)
    The general form of the line can be reduced to various forms as given below:
    (i) Slope intercept form: If \(\mathrm{B} \neq 0\), then \(\mathrm{Ax}+\mathrm{B} y+\mathrm{C}=0\) can be written as \(y=\frac{-\mathrm{A}}{\mathrm{B}} x+\frac{-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{B}}\) or \(y=m x+c\), where \(m=\frac{-\mathrm{A}}{\mathrm{B}}\) and \(c=\frac{-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{B}}\)
    If \(\mathrm{B}=0\), then \(x=\frac{-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{A}}\) which is a vertical line whose slope is not defined and \(x\)-intercept is \(\frac{-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{A}}\).
    (ii) Intercept form: If \(\mathrm{C} \neq 0\), then \(\mathrm{A} x+\mathrm{B} y+\mathrm{C}=0\) can be written as \(\frac{x}{\frac{-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{A}}}+\frac{y}{\frac{-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{B}}}\) \(=1\) or \(\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=1\), where \(a=\frac{-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{A}}\) and \(b=\frac{-\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{B}}\).
    If \(\mathrm{C}=0\), then \(\mathrm{A} x+\mathrm{B} y+\mathrm{C}=0\) can be written as \(\mathrm{A} x+\mathrm{B} y=0\) which is a line passing through the origin and therefore has zero intercepts on the axes.
    (iii) Normal Form: The normal form of the equation \(\mathrm{Ax}+\mathrm{By}+\mathrm{C}=0\) is \(x \cos \omega+y \sin \omega=p\) where,
    \(
    \cos \omega= \pm \frac{\mathrm{A}}{\sqrt{\mathrm{A}^2+\mathrm{B}^2}}, \sin \omega= \pm \frac{\mathrm{B}}{\sqrt{\mathrm{A}^2+\mathrm{B}^2}} \text { and } p= \pm \frac{\mathrm{C}}{\sqrt{\mathrm{A}^2+\mathrm{B}^2}}
    \)
    Note: Proper choice of signs is to be made so that \(p\) should be always positive.
  • Distance of a point from a line: The perpendicular distance (or simply distance) \(d\) of a point \(\mathrm{P}\left(x_1, y_1\right)\) from the line \(\mathrm{A} x+\mathrm{B} y+\mathrm{C}=0\) is given by
    \(
    d=\frac{\left|\mathrm{A} x_1+\mathrm{B} y_1+\mathrm{C}\right|}{\sqrt{\mathrm{A}^2+\mathrm{B}^2}}
    \)

    Distance between two parallel lines
    The distance \(d\) between two parallel lines \(y=m x+c_1\) and \(y=m x+c_2\) is given by
    \(
    d=\frac{\left|c_1-c_2\right|}{\sqrt{1+m^2}} .
    \)

  • Locus and Equation of Locus: The curve described by a point which moves under certain given condition is called its locus. To find the locus of a point \(P\) whose coordinates are \((h, k)\), express the condition involving \(h\) and \(k\). Eliminate variables if any and finally replace \(h\) by \(x\) and \(k\) by \(y\) to get the locus of \(P\).

 

  • Intersection of two given lines: Two lines \(a_1 x+b_1 y+c_1=0\) and \(a_2 x+b_2 y+\) \(c_2=0\) are
    (i) intersecting if \(\frac{a_1}{a_2} \neq \frac{b_1}{b_2}\)
    (ii) parallel and distinct if \(\frac{a_1}{a_2}=\frac{b_1}{b_2} \neq \frac{c_1}{c_2}\)
    (iii) coincident if \(\frac{a_1}{a_2}=\frac{b_1}{b_2}=\frac{c_1}{c_2}\)
    Remarks
    (i) The points \(\left(x_1, y_1\right)\) and \(\left(x_2, y_2\right)\) are on the same side of the line or on the opposite side of the line \(a x+b y+c=0\), if \(a x_1+b y_1+c\) and \(a x_2+b y_2+c\) are of the same sign or of opposite signs respectively.
    (ii) The condition that the lines \(a_1 x+b_1 y+c_1=0\) and \(a_2 x+b_2 y+c=0\) are perpendicular is \(a_1 a_2+b_1 b_2=0\).
    (iii) The equation of any line through the point of intersection of two lines \(a_1 x+b_1 y+\) \(c_1=0\) and \(a_2 x+b_2 y+c_2=0\) is \(a_1 x+b_1 y+c_1+k\left(a x_2+b y_2+c_2\right)=0\). The value of \(k\) is determined from extra condition given in the problem.

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