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1. Slope of a line

• m = tan θ, where θ is the angle made by a line with the positive direction of x axis in anticlockwise
• The slope of a line joining two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) is given by m = \(\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}\)

2. Different forms of the equation of straight line

• Slope – Intercept form: y = mx + c.
• Slope point form: The equation of a line with slope m and passing through a point (x₁, y₁) is y – y₁ = m(x – x₁)
• Two point form: y – y₁ = \(\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}\) (x – x₁)
• Intercept Form: \(\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=1\)
• Normal (perpendicular) form of a line: x cosα + y sinα = p
• Parametric form (distance form): \(\frac{x-x_{1}}{\cos \theta}=\frac{y-y_{1}}{\sin \theta}=r\)

3. The angle between two straight lines

• tan θ = \(\left|\frac{m_{1}-m_{2}}{1+m_{1} m_{2}}\right|\)
• Two lines are parallel if m₁ = m₂
• Two lines are perpendicular if, m₁m₂ = -1

4. Coincident lines

Two lines a₁x + b₁y + c₁ = 0 and a₂x + b₂y + c₂ = 0 are coincident only if \(\frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}}=\frac{b_{1}}{b_{2}}=\frac{c_{1}}{c_{2}}\)

5. Equation of straight lines through (x₁, y₁) and making an angle α with y = mx + c

y – y₁ = \(\frac{m \mp \tan \alpha}{1 \pm m \tan \alpha}\) (x – x₁)

6. Length of perpendicular

rom (x₁, y₁) to the straight line ax + by + c = 0 then
p = \(\frac{\left|a x_{1}+b y_{1}+c\right|}{\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}}\)

7. Distance between two parallel lines

ax + by + c₁ = 0 and ax + by + c₂ = 0 then d = \(\frac{\left|c_{1}-c_{2}\right|}{\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}}\)

8. Condition of concurrency

For the lines a₁x + b₁y + c₁ = 0, a₂x + b₂y + c₂ = 0, a₃x + b₃y + c₃ = 0
\(\left|\begin{array}{lll}a_{1} & b_{1} & c_{1} \\a_{2} & b_{2} & c_{2} \\a_{3} & b_{3} & c_{3}\end{array}\right|=0\)

9. Bisectors of angles between two lines

a₁x + b₁y + c₁ = 0 and a₂x + b₂y + c₂ = 0
\(\frac{a_{1} x+b_{1} y+c_{1}}{\sqrt{a_{1}^{2}+b_{1}^{2}}}=\pm \frac{a_{2} x+b_{2} y+c_{2}}{\sqrt{a_{2}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}}}\)
Condition to find acute angle bisector, obtuse angle bisector, when c₁ > 0, c₂ > 0

10. Homogeneous equation

• If y = m₁x and y = m₂x be the two equation represented by
  ax² + 2hxy + by² = 0 then
  m₁ + m₂ = –\(\frac{2h}{b}\), m₁m₂ = \(\frac{a}{b}\)
• If θ is the acute angle between the pair of straight lines then tanθ = \(\left|\frac{2 \sqrt{h^{2}-a b}}{a+b}\right|\)
• The equation of the straight lines bisecting the angles between the straight lines, ax² + 2hxy + by² = 0 is \(\frac{x^{2}-y^{2}}{a-b}=\frac{x y}{h}\)

11. General equation of second degree

ax² + 2hxy + by² + 2gx + 2fy + c = 0
(a) represent a pair of two straight lines if
∆ = \(\left|\begin{array}{lll}a & h & g \\h & b & f \\g & f & c\end{array}\right|\) = 0.
(b) represent a circle if ∆ ≠ 0, a = b, h = 0
(c) Represent conic section if ∆ ≠ 0, a ≠ b,
h² > ab → Hyperbola
h² = ab → Parabola
h² < ab → Ellipse

12. “Q” is foot of perpendicular

\(\frac{\alpha-x_{1}}{a}=\frac{\beta-y_{1}}{b}=-\frac{\left(a x_{1}+b y_{1}+c\right)}{a^{2}+b^{2}}\)
“B” is image of “A”
\(\frac{x_{2}-x_{1}}{a}=\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{b}=-\frac{2\left(a x_{1}+b y_{1}+c\right)}{a^{2}+b^{2}}\)

13. Family of lines

Any line passing through the point of intersection of the lines a₁x + b₁y + c₁ = 0 and a₂x + b₂y + c₂ = 0 can be represented by the equation is
(a₁ + b₁y + c₁) + λ (a₂x + b₂y + c₂) = 0