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EXERCISE – V JEE PROBLEMS
1. (a) The incentre of the triangle with vertices 3
(A) x+y=0 (B) x + 3y=0
2
(1, 3 ), (0, 0) and (2, 0) is [JEE 2000(Scr.), 1 + 1]
3
3 2 1 2 3 1 (C) 3x+y=0 (D) x + y=0
(A) 1, 2 (B) 3 ,
(C) ,
(D) 1,
2
3
3 2
3
(b) Let PS be the median of the triangle with vertices, (b) A straight line through the origin O meets the
P(2, 2), Q(6, –1) and R(7, 3). The equation of the line parallel lines 4x + 2y = 9 and 2x + y + 6 = 0 at points
passing through (1, –1) and parallel to PS is P and Q respectively. Then the point O divides the
(A) 2x – 9y – 7 = 0 (B) 2x – 9y – 11 = 0 segment PQ in the ratio
(C) 2x + 9y – 11 = 0 (D) 2x + 9y + 7 = 0 (A) 1 : 2 (B) 3 : 4 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 4 : 3
(c) For points P(x1, y1) and Q(x2, y2) of the co-
(c) The area bounded by the curves y = | x | – 1 and
ordinate plane, a new distance d(P, Q) is defined by
y = – | x | + 1 is [JEE 2002(Scr.)]
d(P, Q)=|x1–x2| + |y1 – y2|. Let O(0, 0) and A(3, 2).
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 2 (D) 4
Prove that the set of points in the first quadrant which
are equidistant (with respect to the new distance)
from O and A consists of the union of a line segment (d) A straight line L through the origin meets the line
of finite length and an infinite ray. Sketch this set in a x + y = 1 and x + y = 3 at P and Q respectively.
labelled diagram. [JEE 2000(Mains), 10] Through P and Q two straight lines L1 and L2 are
drawn, parallel to 2x – y = 5 and 3x + y = 5 respectively.
2. Find the position of point (4, 1) after it undergoes Lines L1 and L2 intersect at R. Show that the locus of
the following transformations successively.
R, as L varies, is a straight line. [JEE 2002 (Mains)]
(i) Reflection about the line, y = x – 1
(ii) Translation by one unit along x–axis in the positive (e) A straight line L with negative slope passes through
direction. the point (8, 2) and cuts the positive coordinates
axes at points P and Q. Find the absolute minimum
(iii) Rotation through an angle /4 about the origin in value of OP + OQ, as L varies, where O is the origin.
the anti-clockwise direction. [REE 2000(Mains), 3] [JEE 2002 (Mains), 5]
3. (a) Area of the parallelogram formed by the lines
5. The area bounded by the angle bisectors of the
y = mx, y = mx + 1, y = nx and y = nx + 1 equals
lines x2 – y2 + 2y = 1 and the line x + y = 3, is
|mn| 2 1 1
(A) 2 (B) | m n | (C) | m n | (D) | m n | (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
(m n)
[JEE 2004 (Scr.)]
(b) The number of integer values of m, for which the 6. The area of the triangle formed by the intersection
of a line parallel to x-axis and passing through P(h,k)
x co-ordinate of the point of intersection of the lines
with the lines y = x and x + y = 2 is 4h2. Find the
3x + 4y = 9 and y = mx + 1 is also an integer, is
locus of the point P. [JEE 2005(Mains), 2]
[JEE 2001(Scr.)]
(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 4 (D) 1 7. (a) Let O(0, 0), P(3, 4), Q(6, 0) be the vertices of
the triangle OPQ. The point R inside the triangle OPQ
4. (a) Let P(–1, 0), Q(0, 0) and R(3, 3 3 ) be three is such that the triangles OPR, PQR, OQR are of equal
points. Then the equation of the bisector of the angle area. The coordinates of R are [JEE 2007, 3 + 3]
PQR is (A) (4/3, 3) (B) (3, 2/3) (C) (3, 4/3) (D) (4/3, 2/3)
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(b) Lines L1 : y – x = 0 and L2 : 2x + y = 0 intersect
the line L3 : y + 2 = 0 at P and Q, respectively. The
bisector of the acute angle between L 1 and L 2
intersects L3 at R.
Statement-1: The ratio PR : RQ equals 2 2 : 5
because
Statement-2: In any triangle, bisector of an angle
divides the triangle into two similar triangles.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true;
statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true;
statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for
statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true
8. Consider the lines given by [JEE 2008, 6]
L1 = x + 3y – 5 = 0
L2 = 3x – ky – 1 = 0
L3 = 5x + 2y – 12 = 0
Match the statements/Expression in Column-I with the
statements/Expressions in Column-II and indicate your
answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles in the
4 × 4 matrix given in OMR.
Column–I Column–II
(A) L1, L2, L3 are concurrent, if (P) k = – 9
(B) One of L1, L2, L3 is parallel to
6
at least one of the other two, if (Q) k = –
5
(C) L1, L2, L3 form a triangle, if (R) k =
6
(D) L1, L2, L3 do not form a triangle, if (S) k = 5
9. The locus of the orthocentre of the triangle formed
by the lines [JEE 2009, 3]
(1 + p) x – py + p(1 + p) = 0,
(1 + q) x –qy + q(1 + q) = 0
and y = 0, where p q, is
(A) a hyperbola (B) a parabola
(C) an ellipse (D) a straight line
10. A straight line L through the point (3, –2) is
inclined at an angle 60º to the line 3 x + y = 1. If L
also intersects the x-axis, then the equation of L is
(A) y 3x 2 3 3 0 (B) y 3x 2 3 3 0
(C) 3y x 3 2 3 0 (D) 3y x 3 2 3 0
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