Area of triangle and collinearity of three points - class-XI

area of triangle and collinearity of three points

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\begin{vmatrix} x _1 & y _1 & 1 \ x _2 & y _2 & 1 \ x _3 & y _3 & 1\end{vmatrix}=\begin{vmatrix} a _1 & b _1 & 1\ a _2 & b _2 & 1 \ a _3 & b _3 & 1\end{vmatrix}$, then the two triangles with vertices $(x _1, y _1), (x _2, y _2), (x _3, y _3)$ and $(a _1,b _1)$, $(a _2, b _2)$, $(a _3, b _3)$ must be congruent.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the area of the triangle with vertices $(2, 5), (7, k)$ and $(3, 1)$ is $10$, then find the value of $k$.

  1. $-5$ or $35$
  2. $5$ or $-35$
  3. $15$ or $-5$
  4. $-5$ or $-25$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \left | \begin{matrix}x _{1} &y _{1}  &1 \ x _{2} &y _{2}  &1 \ x _{3} &y _{3}  &1 \end{matrix} \right |=\left | \begin{matrix}1 &1  &1 \ b _{1} &b _{2}  &b _{3} \ a _{1} &a _{2}  &a _{3}\end{matrix} \right |$ then the two triangles whose vertices are $\displaystyle \left ( x _{1},y _{1} \right ), \left ( x _{2},y _{2} \right ), ( \left ( x _{3},y _{3} \right ) $ and $\displaystyle\left ( a _{1},b _{1} \right ), \left ( a _{2},b _{2} \right ), \left ( a _{13},b _{3} \right ),$ are

  1. congruent
  2. similar
  3. equal in area
  4. none of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Let O(0, 0), P(3,4), Q(6, 0) be the vertices of the triangle OPQ. The point R inside the triangle OPQ is such that the triangles OPR,PQR, OQR are of equal area. The coordinates of R are 

  1. $\displaystyle \left ( \frac{4}{3}, 3 \right )$
  2. $\displaystyle \left ( 3, \frac{2}{3} \right )$
  3. $\displaystyle \left ( 3, \frac{4}{3} \right )$
  4. $\displaystyle \left ( \frac{4}{3}, \frac{2}{3} \right )$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The co-ordinates of the vertices A, B, C of a triangle are $ \displaystyle \left ( 6,3 \right ),\left ( -3,5 \right ),\left ( 4,-2 \right ) $ respectively and P is any point $ \displaystyle \left ( x,y \right ), $ then the ratio of areas of triangles PBC and ABC is

  1. $ \displaystyle \begin{vmatrix}x-y-2\end{vmatrix}:7 $
  2. $ \displaystyle \begin{vmatrix}x+y+2\end{vmatrix}:7 $
  3. $ \displaystyle \begin{vmatrix}x+y-2\end{vmatrix}:7 $
  4. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

if $ \displaystyle a,b,c $ as well as $ \displaystyle d,e,f $ are in G.P. with same common ratio then set of points $ \displaystyle \left ( a,d \right ),\left ( b,e \right ),\left ( c,f \right ) $ are

  1. collinear
  2. concurrent
  3. lies on a circle
  4. lie on an ellipse
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The vertices of the triangle $ABC$ are $(2, 1, 1), (3, 1, 2), (-4, 0, 1)$. The area of triangle is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{3\sqrt{38}}{2}$
  2. $\sqrt{38}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{38}}{2}$
  4. $4$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Let $\displaystyle A\left ( x _{1},y _{1} \right ),B\left ( x _{2},y _{2} \right ), C\left ( x _{3},y _{3} \right )$ be three points. Area of triangle with vertices $A, B,C$ is given by
$\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\left | \Delta  \right |$ where,  

$\displaystyle \Delta =\begin{vmatrix}x _{1} &y _{1}  &1 \\ x _{2} & y _{2}  & 1\\ x _{3} &y _{3}  &1 \end{vmatrix}$.

If $\displaystyle a=BC,b=CA,c=AB$ and $\displaystyle 2s=a+b+c$, then $\displaystyle \Delta ^{2}$ equals
  1. $\displaystyle abc $
  2. $\displaystyle s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)$
  3. $\cfrac {abc}{4} $
  4. $\displaystyle 4s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Let $\displaystyle A\left ( x _{1},y _{1} \right ),B\left ( x _{2},y _{2} \right ), C\left ( x _{3},y _{3} \right )$ be three points. Area of triangle with vertices $A, B,C$ is given by $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\left | \Delta  \right |$ where,  $\displaystyle \Delta =\begin{vmatrix}x _{1} &y _{1}  &1 \\
x _{2} & y _{2}  & 1\\
x _{3} &y _{3}  &1
\end{vmatrix}$.If $\displaystyle \triangle ABC$ is an equilateral triangle and $\displaystyle a = BC$ is a rational number, then $\displaystyle \triangle$ must be
  1. an integer
  2. a rational number
  3. an irrational number
  4. an imaginary number
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the area of the triangle formed by the points $(a,c+a), (a,c)$ and $(-a,c-a)$?

  1. $\displaystyle- a^{2}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{a^{2}}$
  3. $\displaystyle a^{2}+a$
  4. zero
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the area of the triangle formed by the points $(a,c+a), \displaystyle \left ( a^{2},c^{2} \right )$ and $(-a, c-a)$?

  1. $1$
  2. $\displaystyle a^{2}$
  3. $\displaystyle \sqrt{a^{2}+c^{2}}$
  4. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the area of the triangle formed by the points $(a,b+c), (b,c+a)$ and $(c,a+b)$?

  1. $1$
  2. $-1$
  3. $0$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\left ( abc \right )^{2}$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The area of a triangle whose vertices are (-2,-2), (-1,-3) and (p,0) is 3 sq.units what is the value of p?

  1. -2
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. -3
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The area of a triangle, whose vertices are $(3, 2), (5, 2)$ and the point of intersection of the lines $x = a$ and $y = 5$, is $3$ square units. What is the value of $a$?

  1. $2$
  2. $3$
  3. $4$
  4. $5$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $P=(x _{1}, y _{1}), Q=(x _{2}, y _{2})$ and $R=(x _{3}, y _{3})$ are three points of a triangle in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$. Then, area of a $\triangle PQR$ in terms of determinant of matrix $M=\begin{bmatrix} 1& 1 & 1 \ x _{1} & x _{2} & x _{3} \ y _{1} & y _{2} & y _{3}\end{bmatrix}$ is

  1. $-|det(M)|$
  2. $|det(M)|$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{2}|det(M)|$
  4. $2|det(M)|$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\triangle _1,\triangle _2$ be the areas of two triangles with vertices $(b,c), (c,a), (a,b)$, and $ (ac-b^2, ab-c^2),(ba-c^2, bc-a^2), (cb-a^2, ca-b^2)$, then $\ \dfrac{\triangle _1}{\triangle _2}=(a+b+c)^2$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If ${ \left( { x } _{ 1 }-{ { x } _{ 2 } } \right)  }^{ 2 }+{ \left( { y } _{ 1 }-{ y } _{ 2 } \right)  }^{ 2 }={ a }^{ 2 }$, ${ \left( x _{ 2 }-{ x } _{ 3 } \right)  }^{ 2 }+{ \left( { y } _{ 2 }-{ y } _{ 3 } \right)  }^{ 2 }={ b }^{ 2 }$, ${ \left( { x } _{ 3 }-{ x } _{ 1 } \right)  }^{ 2 }+{ \left( { y } _{ 3 }-{ y } _{ 1 } \right)  }^{ 2 }={ c }^{ 2 }$ and $k\begin{vmatrix} { x } _{ 1 } & { y } _{ 1 } & 1 \ { x } _{ 2 } & { y } _{ 2 } & 1 \ { x } _{ 3 } & { y } _{ 3 } & 1 \end{vmatrix}=(a+b+c)(b+c-a)(c+a-b)\times (a+b-c)$, then the value of $k$ is

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $4$
  4. none of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$(x _1 - x _2)^2 + (y _1 - y _2)^2 = a^2$;
$(x _2 - x _3)^2 + (y _2 - y _3)^2 = b^2$;
$(x _3 - x _1)^2 + (y _3 - y _1)^2 = c^2$;
then find $4 \begin{vmatrix}x _1 & y _1 & 1\ x _2 & y _2 & 1\ x _3 & y _3 & 1\end{vmatrix}^2 = $

  1. $(a+b+c) (b+c - a) (c + a - b) (a + b - c)$
  2. $-(a+b+c) (b+c - a) (c + a - b) (a + b - c)$
  3. $-(a+b+c) (b+c - a) (c + a - b) (a + b - c)/2$
  4. $(a+b+c) (b+c - a) (c + a - b) (a + b - c)/2$