Q51 / 90 · JEE Main 2021 (17 Mar Shift 2) · Mathematics
Let and be the slopes of the three line segments and respectively, where is origin. If circumcentre of coincides with origin and its orthocentre lies on -axis, then the value of is equal to :
Correct answer: 144
Solution
Given, the slopes of the line segments and are respectively, then by parametric form the coordinates of the points can be taken respectively as
Given, the circumcentre of the is at origin and we know that the circumcentre is equidistant from the vertices of the triangle, hence
The centroid of a triangle with vertices and is thus the centroid of the is
We know that for any triangle the circumcentre, orthocentre and centroid lie on a line.
Since, the orthocentre and circumcentre both lies on -axis, hence the centroid also lies on -axis, hence the -coordinate of the centroid is zero.
We know that, if then
Now, using we have
Hence, the correct answer is 144.