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if two lines represented by the eq ax3 +bx2y+cxy2+dy3=0 are at right angles then a2+d2 +ac+bd is equal to
a)-1
b) 0
c)1
d). ab +cd
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This is a set of 3 lines passing through the origin..
Now you should take y/x as m
then it will be a cubic in m
dm3+cm2+bm+a = 0
Now try and make it better by saying that 2 of the roots of the cubic equation in m are such that m1m2=-1
m1m2m3= -a/d
m1m2+m1m3+m2m3=b/d
m1+m2+m3 = -c/d
using m1m2 = -1, we can reduce the above equations to
m3 = a/d
(m1+m2)m3 = b/d+1
(m1+m2)+m3 = -c/d
again using the value of m3 as a/d in the remainaing 2 equations, we get
m1+m2 = (d/a)(b/d+1)
and (m1+m2) = -c/d-a/d
hence we have -c/d-a/d = (d/a)(b/d+1)
-c/d-a/d = (d/a)(b+d)/d
so -c-a = d/a(b+d)
so -ac-a2 = db+d2
so db+d2+ac+a2 = 0