find the best and easy answer of coordinate geometry please help me to solve it? In each of the following find the value of ‘k’, for which the points are collinear. (i) (7, -2), (5, 1), (3, k).
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In each of the following find the value of ‘k’, for which the points are collinear. (i) (7, -2), (5, 1), (3, k) Q.2(1)
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(i) For collinear points, area of triangle formed by them is always zero.
Let points (7, -2) (5, 1), and (3, k) are vertices of a triangle.
Area of triangle = 1/2 [7 { 1- k} + 5(k-(-2)) + 3{(-2) – 1}] = 0
7 – 7k + 5k +10 -9 = 0
-2k + 8 = 0
k = 4