The equation of the line passing through the point of intersection of the lines $3 x-y=5$ and $x+3 y=1$ and…

The equation of the line passing through the point of intersection of the lines $3 x-y=5$ and $x+3 y=1$ and making equal intercepts on the axes is
  1. $5 x+5 y-7=0$
  2. $5 x-5 y-7=0$
  3. $2 x+y-7=0$
  4. $x-y+7=0$

Solution

Required equation passes through point of intersection of lines $3 x-y=5$ and $x+3 y=1$ $\therefore \quad$ Point of intersection $=\left(\frac{16}{10}, \frac{-2}{10}\right)$ Equation of line in double intercept form is $\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=1$ But $a=b$ ...[Given] So, equation of line is $x+y=\mathrm{a}$ Since line passes through $\left(\frac{16}{10}, \frac{-2}{10}\right)$ $\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad & \frac{16}{10}+\frac{-2}{10}=\mathrm{a} \\ & \Rightarrow \frac{14}{10}=\mathrm{a} \\ & \Rightarrow \mathrm{a}=\frac{7}{5} \end{aligned}$ $\therefore \quad$ The required equation of line is $x+y=\frac{7}{5}$ $\Rightarrow 5 x+5 y-7=0$

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