NCERT Class XI Mathematics - Straight Lines - Solutions

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Question : 63
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If three lines whose equations are y = m1x+c1, y = m2x+c2 and y = m3x+c3 are concurrent, then show that m1(c2c3)+m2(c3c1) + m3(c1c2) = 0.
Solution:  
The given equation of lines are
y = m1x+c1 ... (i)
y = m2x+c2 ... (ii)
y = m3x+c3 ... (iii)
On solving (i) and (ii), we get x =
(c2c1)
m2m1
, y =
c1m2c2m1
m2m1

Hence, (i) & (ii) meets at [
(c1c2)
(m1m2)
,
(m1c2m2c1)
(m1m2)
]

Clearly (i), (ii) and (iii) lines are concurrent if the above point lies on (iii)
i.e., if [
m1c2m2c1
m1m2
]
= m2[
(c1c2)
(m1m2)
]
+c3

i.e., if
(m1c2m2c1)
(m1m2)
=
m3((c1c2))
(m1m2)
+c3

i.e., if (m1c2m2c1) = m3(c2c1)+c3(m1m2)
m1c2m2c1 = m3c2m3c1+c3m1c3m2
m1c2m2c1m3c2+m3c1c3m1+c3m2 = 0
m1(c2c3)+m2(c3c1)+m3(c1c2) = 0.
Hence proved.
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