Three lines a 1 x + b 1 y + c = 0 , a 2 x + b 2 y + c = 0 and a 3 x + b 3 y + c = 0 where c ∈ R − { 0 } are concurrent .
Find the a r e a of the triangle having vertices ( a 1 , b 1 ) , ( a 2 , b 2 ) and ( a 3 , b 3 ) .
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There is a missing 2 1 for the area.
Let the point of concurrency be ( p , q ) . Then a 1 p + b 1 q + c = 0 , a 2 p + b 2 q + c = 0 , and a 3 p + b 3 q + c = 0 .
Put another way, p x + q y + c = 0 , where some solutions for ( x , y ) are ( a 1 , b 1 ) , ( a 2 , b 2 ) , and ( a 3 , b 3 ) .
Since p x + q y + c = 0 is an equation of a line, ( a 1 , b 1 ) , ( a 2 , b 2 ) , and ( a 3 , b 3 ) are collinear, so the triangle formed by these three points is degenerate and has an area of 0 .
Excellent solution sir. Thanku for sharing it with us.
I realised the same thing later although I first went for the matrices.
Brilliant sir
I don't know the maths being used here, but I just thought this: All lines intersect at a point(from the link given), so they will only meet at that point, and so the area is 0.
I want to know if I am wrong.
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The question was not that about which you are thinking.
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I don't understand.
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@Vinayak Srivastava – Sorry,for confusing you.
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@A Former Brilliant Member – No problem!
You are supposed to find the area of the triangle formed by ( a 1 , b 1 ) , ( a 2 , b 2 ) , and ( a 3 , b 3 ) , not the area of the concurrent point.
If the question was this, it wouldn't be much detailed and rated at Level 4. No need to say @David Vreken said it before.
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I thought the same thing, so I knew I had to be wrong :_
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Area of triangle with vertices ( a 1 , b 1 ) , ( a 2 , b 2 ) and ( a 3 , b 3 ) is
Δ = 2 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ a 1 a 2 a 3 b 1 b 2 b 3 1 1 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
As the three lines a 1 x + b 1 y + c = 0 , a 2 x + b 2 y + c = 0 and a 3 x + b 3 y + c = 0 are concurrent, so
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ a 1 a 2 a 3 b 1 b 2 b 3 c c c ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = 0
c ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ a 1 a 2 a 3 b 1 b 2 b 3 1 1 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = 0
c × Δ = 0
As c = 0 , Δ = 0
Area of triangle = 2 1 Δ = 0