If the equation $a x^{2}+2 h x y+b y^{2}+2 g x+2 f y=0$ has one line as the bisector of the angle between…

If the equation $a x^{2}+2 h x y+b y^{2}+2 g x+2 f y=0$ has one line as the bisector of the angle between co-ordinate axes, then
  1. $(a+b)^{2}=4\left(h^{2}+g^{2}\right)$
  2. $(a+b)^{2}=4 h^{2}$
  3. $(a+b)^{2}=4\left(h^{2}+f^{2}\right)$
  4. $(a+b)^{2}=4\left(h^{2}+g^{2}+f^{2}\right)$

Solution

In the given pair of lines, one line is $y=\pm x \Rightarrow x \pm y=0$ Let the other line be $a x+b y+c=0$ $\therefore(a x+b y+c)(x+y)=0$ or $(a x+b y+c)(x-y)=0$ $a x^{2}+b x y+c x+a x y+b y^{2}+c y=0$ or $a x^{2}+b x y+c x-a x y-b y^{2}-c y=0$ $a x^{2}+(a+b) x y+b y^{2}+c x+c y=0 \quad \ldots(1)$ or $a x^{2}+(b-a) x y-b y^{2}+c x-c y=0 \ldots(2)$ Given eq. is $a x^{2}+2 h x y+b y^{2}+2 g x+2 f y=0 \quad \ldots$ (3) Eq. (1) and (3) as well as eq. (2) and (3) represent the same line. Comparing, we write $2 h=a+b$ or $2 h=b-a \Rightarrow 4 h^{2}=(a+b)^{2}$ among options given.

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (16 Oct Shift 2)

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