Q.
The area of a parallelogram formed by the lines ax±by±c=0 is
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a
c2/ab
b
2c2/ab
c
c2/2ab
d
none of these
answer is B.
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The given lines are ax±by±c=0 or x± c/a+y± c/b=1The vertices of rhombus are are Ac/a,0, C−c/a, 0, B0, c/b, D0, −c/b. Therefore the diagonal AC and BD of quadrilateral ABCD are perpendicular. Hence, it is a rhombus whose area is given by 12×AC×BD=12×2ca×2cb=2c2ab
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