Straight Lines Quick Quiz 1

Geometry Level 4

If the sum of the distance of a point from two perpendicular lines in a plane is 1, then its locus is:

Straight Line Circle Two Intersecting Lines Square

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Pranav Arora
Jun 6, 2014

For simplicity sake, take the lines to be x = 0 x=0 and y = 0 y=0 , then as per the question,

x + y = 1 |x|+|y|=1

The above represents a set of 4 lines and the resulting shape is a square.

I just clicked on " Write a solution " but after doing so I found there was already a solution. Is this a bug ?

Nishant Sharma - 7 years ago

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I guess so, I remember someone already reported it.

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