JEE Main · 2007 · 29 Apr 2007 · Offline · Straight Lines

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Let , and be the vertices of a right angled triangle with AC as its hypotenuse. If the area of the triangle is 1, then the set of values which 'k' can take is given by
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)✓ Correct
  4. (D)

Answer: (C)

Solution

With the hypotenuse, the right angle sits at . Since and share the same height, is horizontal of length , so the right angle at forces to be vertical, placing at . The area gives , so or .

JEE Main · 2007 · 29 Apr 2007 · Offline · Single correct option

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