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Question

All chords of the curve  3x2y22x+4y=0, which subtend a right angle at the origin, pass through the fixed point. The square of its distance from the origin is

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Solution

Given curve is 3x2y22x+4y=0…………..(1)
Let the equation of the chord lx+my=1………. (2)
Homogenising (1) with the help of (2) 
we get 3x2y2(2x4y)(lx+my)=0
coefficient of x2 + coefficient of y2 = 0
 2m=1…………(3)
from (2) and (3), we get (x,y) = (1, -2)

square of distance from (1,-2) to (0,0) 

12+(2)2=5



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