The square of the distance from the origin to the point of intersection of the pair of lines $a x^2+2 h x…

The square of the distance from the origin to the point of intersection of the pair of lines $a x^2+2 h x y-a y^2+2 g x+$ $2 \mathrm{fy}+\mathrm{c}=0$ is
  1. $\frac{\mathrm{f}^2+\mathrm{g}^2}{\mathrm{a}^2+\mathrm{h}^2}$
  2. $\frac{\mathrm{f}^2+\mathrm{g}^2}{\mathrm{a}^2-\mathrm{h}^2}$
  3. $\frac{\mathrm{f}^2+\mathrm{g}^2}{\mathrm{~h}^2-\mathrm{a}^2}$
  4. $\frac{\mathrm{f}^2-\mathrm{g}^2}{\mathrm{~h}^2-\mathrm{a}^2}$

Solution

The equation of pair of lines is $ a x^2+2 h x y-a y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0.....(i) $ Let the lines represented by the given equation be $ \begin{aligned} & l x+m y+n=0.....(ii) \\ & l^{\prime} x+m^{\prime} y+n^{\prime}=0.....(iii) \end{aligned} $ from eqs. (i), (ii) \& (iii) $ \begin{aligned} & a x^2+2 h x y-a y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=(l x+m y+n) \\ & \left(l^{\prime} x+m^{\prime} y+n^{\prime}\right) \end{aligned} $ Equating the coefficients, we get $ \begin{aligned} & \mathrm{ll}^{\prime}=\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{mm}^{\prime}=-\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{nn}^{\prime}=\mathrm{c} \\ & \mathrm{mn}^{\prime}+\mathrm{m}^{\prime} \mathrm{n}=2 \mathrm{f}, \mathrm{nl}^{\prime}+\mathrm{n}^{\prime} \mathrm{l}=2 \mathrm{~g}, \mathrm{~lm}^{\prime}+\mathrm{ml}^{\prime}=2 \mathrm{~h} \end{aligned} $ Solving eqn. (ii) \& (iii) by cross multiplication: $ \frac{x}{m^{\prime}-m^{\prime} n}=\frac{y}{n^{\prime}-n^{\prime} 1}=\frac{1}{m^{\prime}-l m^{\prime}} $ So, the point of intersection $\mathrm{P}$ is $ \left(\frac{m^{\prime}-m^{\prime} n}{m^{\prime}-l m^{\prime}}, \frac{n^{\prime}-n^{\prime} 1}{m^{\prime}-m^{\prime}}\right) $ Square of distance from the origin $ \begin{aligned} & =\left(\frac{m n^{\prime}-m^{\prime} n}{m l^{\prime}-l m^{\prime}}\right)^2+\left(\frac{n l^{\prime}-n^{\prime} l}{m l^{\prime}-l m^{\prime}}\right)^2 \\ & =\frac{\left(m n^{\prime}-m^{\prime} n\right)^2+\left(n l^{\prime}-n^{\prime} l\right)^2}{\left(m l^{\prime}-l m^{\prime}\right)^2} \\ & =\frac{\left(m n^{\prime}+m^{\prime} n\right)^2-4 m m^{\prime} n n^{\prime}+\left(n l^{\prime}+n^{\prime} l\right)^2-4 n^{\prime} l^{\prime}}{\left(m l^{\prime}+l m^{\prime}\right)^2-4 m m^{\prime} l l^{\prime}} \\ & =\frac{4 f^2-4(-a) c+4 g^2-4 a c}{4 h^2-4 a(-a)} \\ & =\frac{f^2+g^2}{a^2+h^2} \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2023 (18 May Shift 2)

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