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Image of a point in a line

This type of question, asked 6 times: 2021 Paper 3, 8 Apr 2024, 22 Jan 2025, 24 Jan 2025, 29 Jan 2025, 21 Jan 2026 S2. All 6 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 3

    73
    The image of the point (3,5)(3,5) in the line x−y+1=0x-y+ 1 = 0, lies on:

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  2. Question 2

    8 Apr 2024

    151
    If the image of the point (−4,5)( - 4,5) in the line x+2y=2x+ 2y= 2 lies on the circle (x+4)2+(y−3)2=r2(x+ 4)^{2}+ (y- 3)^{2}=r^{2}, then rr is equal to :

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  3. Question 3

    22 Jan 2025

    53
    Let the triangle PQRPQR be the image of the triangle with vertices (1,3),(3,1)(1,3),(3,1) and (2,4)(2,4) in the line x+2y=2x + 2y = 2. If the centroid of △PQR\bigtriangleup PQR is the point (α,β)(\alpha,\beta), then 15(α−β)15(\alpha - \beta) is equal to :

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  4. Question 4

    24 Jan 2025

    69
    Let the lines 3x−4y−α=0,8x−11y−33=03x - 4y - \alpha = 0,8x - 11y - 33 = 0, and 2x−3y+λ=02x - 3y + \lambda = 0 be concurrent. If the image of the point (1,2)(1,2) in the line 2x−3y+λ=02x - 3y + \lambda = 0 is (5713,−4013)\left( \frac{57}{13},\frac{- 40}{13} \right), then ∣αλ∣|\alpha\lambda| is equal to :

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  5. Question 5

    29 Jan 2025

    54
    Let ABCABC be a triangle formed by the lines 7x−6y+3=0,x+2y−31=07x- 6y+ 3 = 0,x+ 2y- 31 = 0 and 9x−2y−19=09x- 2y- 19 = 0, Let the point (h,k)(h,k) be the image of the centroid of ΔABC\Delta ABC in the line 3x+6y−53=03x + 6y - 53 = 0. Then h2+k2+hkh^{2}+k^{2}+ hk is equal to

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  6. Question 6

    21 Jan 2026 S2

    75
    If P is a point on the circle x2+y2=4,Qx^{2} + y^{2} = 4,Q is a point on the straight line 5x+y+2=05x + y + 2 = 0 and x−y+1=0x - y + 1 = 0 is the perpendicular bisector of PQ , then 13 times the sum of abscissa of all such point P is ____\_\_\_\_ .