When the coordinate axes are rotated through an angle of $45^{\circ}$ about the origin in the positive…

When the coordinate axes are rotated through an angle of $45^{\circ}$ about the origin in the positive direction, if the transformed equation of a curve is $17 x^2-16 x y+17 y^2=225$, then the original equation of that curve is
  1. $25 x^2+9 y^2=225$
  2. $9 x^2-25 y^2=225$
  3. $25 x^2-16 x y+9 y^2=225$
  4. $9 x^2+25 y^2=225$

Solution

When the axes are rotated through $45^{\circ}$ about the origin in the positive direction then replace $(x, y)$ by $\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{y}{\sqrt{2}}, \frac{-x}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{y}{\sqrt{2}}\right)$ So, original equation of the curve, $ \begin{array}{r} \Rightarrow 17\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{y}{\sqrt{2}}\right)^2-16\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{y}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\left(\frac{-x}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{y}{\sqrt{2}}\right) \\ +17\left(\frac{-x}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{y}{\sqrt{2}}\right)^2=225 \end{array} $ $\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \quad 17\left(\frac{x^2}{2}+\frac{y^2}{2}+x y\right)-16\left(\frac{y^2}{2}-\frac{x^2}{2}\right) \\ & +17\left(\frac{x^2}{2}+\frac{y^2}{2}-x y\right)=225 \\ & \Rightarrow \quad 17 \frac{x^2}{2}+17 \frac{y^2}{2}+17 x y-8 y^2+8 x^2 \\ & \quad+17 \frac{x^2}{2}+17 \frac{y^2}{2}-17 x y=225 \\ & \Rightarrow \quad 17 x^2+17 y^2-8 y^2+8 x^2=225 \\ & \Rightarrow \quad 25 x^2+9 y^2=225\end{aligned}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2018 (24 Apr Shift 1)

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