Engineering
Mathematics
Length of Perpendicular
Question

If x2 – y2 + 2hxy + 2gx + 2fy + c = 0 is the locus of a point, which moves such that it is always equidistant from the lines x + 2y + 7 = 0 and 2x – y + 8 = 0, then the value of g + c + h – f equals.

6

14

8

29

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Solution

|2hk+8|5=|h+2k+7|5

4h2 + k2 + 64 – 4hk + 32h – 16k

= h2 + 4k2 + 49 + 4kh + 14h + 28k

3h2 – 3k2 – 8hk+ 18h – 44k + 15 = 0

x2y283xy+6x443y+5=0

g+c+hf=3+543+223

= 8 + 6 = 14