JEE Main 2019 · 12 April · Shift II

JEE Main 2019 Mathematics question on Straight Lines and Pair of Lines

A straight line LL at a distance of 4 units from the origin makes positive intercepts on the coordinate axes and the perpendicular from the origin to this line makes an angle of 60°60° with the line x+y=0x + y = 0. Then, an equation of the line LL is
  1. A.
    x+3y=8x + \sqrt{3}y = 8
  2. B.
    (3+1)x+(3−1)y=82(\sqrt{3} + 1)x + (\sqrt{3} - 1)y = 8\sqrt{2}
  3. C.
    3x+y=8\sqrt{3}x + y = 8
  4. D.
    (3−1)x+(3+1)y=82(\sqrt{3} - 1)x + (\sqrt{3} + 1)y = 8\sqrt{2}
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Correct option: D

Solution

The line x + y = 0 makes an angle of 135° with the positive x-axis. The perpendicular from the origin to line L makes an angle of 60° with this line, so the perpendicular's angle with x-axis is either 135° + 60° = 195° or 135° - 60° = 75°.

Since the line makes positive intercepts on both axes, the perpendicular from the origin must point into the first quadrant, so the angle is 75°.

The perpendicular from origin to L has direction 75°, so line L is perpendicular to this — it makes angle 75° - 90° = -15° (or 165°) with x-axis.

The foot of perpendicular from origin is at distance 4 in direction 75°:
foot = (4cos75°, 4sin75°)

cos75° = cos(45°+30°) = (√6-√2)/4, sin75° = (√6+√2)/4

So foot = (√6-√2, √6+√2).

The equation of line L passing through this foot with normal direction (cos75°, sin75°) is:
x·cos75° + y·sin75° = 4

Multiply through by 4: x(√6-√2) + y(√6+√2) = 16

Factor out √2: √2·x(√3-1) + √2·y(√3+1) = 16

Divide by √2: (√3-1)x + (√3+1)y = 16/√2 = 8√2

This is exactly option 4.

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