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A straight line moves in such a way that the length of the perpendicular upon it from the origin is always `p`. Find the locus of the centroid of the triangle which is formed by the line and the axes.

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A DAS GUPTA-Coordinates and Straight Lines-EXERCISE
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  11. A rectangle PQRS has its side PQ parallel to the line y= mx and verti...

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  12. A point P\' move along the y-axis. Another point Q moves so that the f...

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  13. Locus of the middle point of the intercept on the line y = x + c ma...

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  14. Two points Pa n dQ are given. R is a variable point on one side of ...

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  15. Let L1=0a n dL2=0 be two fixed lines. A variable line is drawn through...

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  16. A variable straight line passes through a fixed point (h,k). Find the ...

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