Jit Mitra
Last Activity: 12 Years ago
Let the lines be
y-mix = 0 where i=1,2,3
As one line is equally inclined to the other two, we impose the following condition.
(m1-m3)/(1+m1m3) = -(m2-m3)/(1+m2m3)
Simplify to get,
(m1+m2+m3)-3m3-m3(m1m2+m2m3+m3m1)+3m1m2m3 = 0 ...........(i)
Similarly applying the condition on the other two pairs, we get,
(m1+m2+m3)-3m2-m2(m1m2+m2m3+m3m1)+3m1m2m3 = 0 ............(ii)
and
(m1+m2+m3)-3m1-m1(m1m2+m2m3+m3m1)+3m1m2m3 = 0 .......... (iii)
Adding equations (i),(ii) and (iii), we get,
-(m1m2+m2m3+m3m1)(m1+m2+m3) + 9m1m2m3 = 0 ............(iv)
Putting y=mx in the equation of combined equation,
we get,
bm3 + dm2 + cm + a = 0
By theory of equations,
m1+m2+m3 = -d/b
m1m2+m2m3+m3m1 = c/b
m1m2m3 = -a/b
Putting the above relations in equation (iv),
-(c/b)(-d/b) + 9(-a/b) = 0
cd-9ab=0
This is the condition that i get. No idea where i went wrong.