JEE Main 201419 AprilOnline
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2014
- Date
- 19 April
- Mode
- Online
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Straight Lines
JEE Main 2014 · 19 April · Online · Mathematics · Straight Lines
The circumcentre of a triangle lies at the origin and its centroid...
The circumcentre of a triangle lies at the origin and its centroid is the midpoint of the line segment joining the points ( {a}^{2} + 1, {a}^{2} + 1 ). Then for any the orthocentre of this triangle lies on the line
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Correct answer
D.
Step-by-step solution
The mid-point of a line segment joining the points and \left({x}_{2}, {y}_{2}\right)
Given, the centroid is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points \left({a}^{2} + 1, {a}^{2} + 1\right), thus
Also, given circumcentre is origin
We know that, for a triangle circumcentre, orthocentre and centroid are collinear.
Thus, and orthocentre are collinear.
Again, we know that the equation of a line passing through the points and \left({x}_{2}, {y}_{2}\right)y - {y}_{1} = \left(\dfrac{{y}_{2} - {y}_{1}}{{x}_{2} - {x}_{1}}\right)\left(x - {x}_{1}\right) and \left(\dfrac{{\left(a + 1\right)}^{2}}{2}, \dfrac{{\left(a - 1\right)}^{2}}{2}\right) and its equation, is