JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Straight Line Question Bank Distance between two lines, Perpendicular distance of the line from a point Position of point w.r.t. line

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    The length of perpendicular from the point \[(a\cos \alpha ,a\sin \alpha )\] upon the straight line \[y=x\tan \alpha +c,\] \[c>0\] is [MP PET 2004]

    A)            \[c\cos \alpha \]                       

    B)            \[c{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha \]

    C)            \[c{{\sec }^{2}}\alpha \]           

    D)            \[c{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha \]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               Here, equation of line is\[y=x\tan \alpha +c\], \[c>0\]            Length of the perpendicular drawn on line from point \[(a\cos \alpha ,\,a\sin \alpha )\]                    \[p=\frac{-a\sin \alpha +a\cos \alpha \tan \alpha +c}{\sqrt{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\alpha }}\]; \[p=\frac{c}{\sec \alpha }=c\,\cos \alpha \].


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