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JEE Advanced 2007 · Straight Lines

Let O(0,0)O(0, 0), P(3,4)P(3, 4), Q(6,0)Q(6, 0) be the vertices of the triangles OPQOPQ. The point RR inside the triangle OPQOPQ is such that the triangles OPROPR, PQRPQR, OQROQR are of equal area. The coordinates of RR are

Answer: C. (3,43)\left(3, \frac{4}{3}\right)

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Given: O(0,0),P(3,4),Q(6,0)\text{Given: } O(0,0),\quad P(3,4),\quad Q(6,0) These are the vertices of △OPQ.\text{These are the vertices of } \triangle OPQ. Given: area(△OPR)=area(△PQR)=area(△OQR)\text{Given: } \text{area}(\triangle OPR) = \text{area}(\triangle PQR) = \text{area}(\triangle OQR) To find: coordinates of R\text{To find: coordinates of } R 1. find total area=12×OQ×h1.\ \text{find total area} = \frac{1}{2}\times OQ \times h 2. [△OQR]=4⇒y2.\ [\triangle OQR] = 4 \Rightarrow y 3. [△OPR]=4⇒x3.\ [\triangle OPR] = 4 \Rightarrow x [△OPQ]=12×OQ×h=12×6×4[\triangle OPQ] = \frac{1}{2}\times OQ \times h = \frac{1}{2}\times 6 \times 4 =12= 12 [△OPR]=[△PQR]=[△OQR][\triangle OPR] = [\triangle PQR] = [\triangle OQR] =123=4= \frac{12}{3} = 4 [△OQR]=12×OQ×y=12×6×y[\triangle OQR] = \frac{1}{2}\times OQ \times y = \frac{1}{2}\times 6 \times y =3y= 3y 3y=4⇒y=433y = 4 \Rightarrow y = \frac{4}{3} OP=32+42=25=5OP = \sqrt{3^2 + 4^2} = \sqrt{25} = 5 slope of OP=43\text{slope of } OP = \frac{4}{3} ⇒OP: 4x−3y=0\Rightarrow OP:\ 4x - 3y = 0 d=∣4x−3y∣42+32=∣4x−3y∣5d = \frac{|4x - 3y|}{\sqrt{4^2+3^2}} = \frac{|4x-3y|}{5} [△OPR]=12⋅OP⋅d=12⋅5⋅∣4x−3y∣5[\triangle OPR] = \frac{1}{2}\cdot OP\cdot d = \frac{1}{2}\cdot 5\cdot \frac{|4x-3y|}{5} =∣4x−3y∣2=4⇒∣4x−3y∣=8= \frac{|4x-3y|}{2} = 4 \Rightarrow |4x-3y| = 8 R inside △OPQ⇒4x−3y>0R \text{ inside } \triangle OPQ \Rightarrow 4x - 3y > 0 4x−3y=84x - 3y = 8 4x−3(43)=8⇒4x−4=84x - 3\left(\frac{4}{3}\right) = 8 \Rightarrow 4x - 4 = 8 4x=12⇒x=34x = 12 \Rightarrow x = 3 R=(3, 43)R = \left(3,\ \frac{4}{3}\right) R=centroid=(0+3+63, 0+4+03)R = \text{centroid} = \left(\frac{0+3+6}{3},\ \frac{0+4+0}{3}\right) =(3, 43)= \left(3,\ \frac{4}{3}\right) R=(3, 43)⇒option (3)R = \left(3,\ \frac{4}{3}\right) \Rightarrow \text{option (3)}

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