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JEE Main 20241 FebruaryEvening Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2024
Date
1 February
Shift
Evening Shift
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Straight Lines

JEE Main 2024 · 1 February · Evening Shift · Mathematics · Straight Lines

Let ABC be an isosceles triangle in which A is at (- 1, 0), ∠ A =...

Let ABCABC be an isosceles triangle in which AA is at \left(- 1, 0\right), ∠ A = \dfrac{2\pi}{3}, AB = ACandBisonthepositiveand B is on the positivex -axis.Ifaxis. IfBC = 4\sqrt{3}andthelineand the lineBCintersectsthelineintersects the liney = x + 3at (α,β),at \left(\alpha, \beta\right), then β4α2\dfrac{{\beta}^{4}}{{\alpha}^{2}} is:Let ABC be an isosceles triangle in which A is at (- 1, 0), ∠ A = (2π)/(3), AB = AC and B is on the positive x - axis.

Correct answer

36

Step-by-step solution

Let, B≡(p,0)B ≡ \left(p, 0\right)

Let ABC be an isosceles triangle in which A is at (- 1, 0), ∠ A = (2π)/(3), AB = AC and B is on the positive x - axis.

⇒AB=p+1,p>1⇒ AB = p + 1, p > 1

Now, finding point CC using parametric form we get,

x+1cos2π3=y−0sin2π3=p+1\dfrac{x + 1}{cos\dfrac{2\pi}{3}} = \dfrac{y - 0}{sin\dfrac{2\pi}{3}} = p + 1

⇒C≡(−p2−32,32(p+1))⇒ C ≡ \left(\dfrac{- p}{2} - \dfrac{3}{2}, \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\left(p + 1\right)\right)

⇒BC2=(−32(p+1))2+(32(p+1))2⇒ B{C}^{2} = {\left(\dfrac{- 3}{2}\left(p + 1\right)\right)}^{2} + {\left(\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\left(p + 1\right)\right)}^{2}

⇒BC=3(p+1)=43⇒ BC = \sqrt{3}\left(p + 1\right) = 4\sqrt{3}

⇒p=3⇒ p = 3

So, C≡(−3,23)C ≡ \left(- 3, 2\sqrt{3}\right)

Now, equation of line BCBC is given by,

y=−13(x−3)y = \dfrac{- 1}{\sqrt{3}}\left(x - 3\right)

Solving with line y=x+3y = x + 3.

⇒x+3=3−x3⇒ x + 3 = \dfrac{3 - x}{\sqrt{3}}

⇒x3+33=3−x⇒ x\sqrt{3} + 3\sqrt{3} = 3 - x

⇒x(3+1)=3(1−3)⇒ x\left(\sqrt{3} + 1\right) = 3\left(1 - \sqrt{3}\right)

⇒x=3(1−3)1+3⇒ x = \dfrac{3\left(1 - \sqrt{3}\right)}{1 + \sqrt{3}}

⇒x=−32(4−23)⇒ x = \dfrac{- 3}{2}\left(4 - 2\sqrt{3}\right)

⇒α=−3(2−3)andβ=−3+33⇒ \alpha = - 3\left(2 - \sqrt{3}\right)\text{and}\beta = - 3 + 3\sqrt{3}

⇒β4α2=81(3−1)49(2−3)2⇒ \dfrac{{\beta}^{4}}{{\alpha}^{2}} = \dfrac{81{\left(\sqrt{3} - 1\right)}^{4}}{9{\left(2 - \sqrt{3}\right)}^{2}}

⇒β4α2=9(4−23)2(2−3)2⇒ \dfrac{{\beta}^{4}}{{\alpha}^{2}} = \dfrac{9{\left(4 - 2\sqrt{3}\right)}^{2}}{{\left(2 - \sqrt{3}\right)}^{2}}

⇒β4α2=36⇒ \dfrac{{\beta}^{4}}{{\alpha}^{2}} = 36

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