- Acircle of radius .
- Bcircle of radius .
- Cstraight line parallel to -axis
- Dstraight line parallel to -axis
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Correct answer: A
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Given family of lines
The line is
Rearranging,
Let this line be where
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Image of point in the line
If is reflected in the line , then the image is
Here .
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Compute
Simplify:
Also,
Compute:
Hence,
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Coordinates of reflected point
Therefore,
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Use geometric property of the family
A simpler approach is to find the fixed point of the family of lines.
Since holds for all , the common point must satisfy and
Solve these:
From Substitute into the first: Then
So every line in the family passes through the fixed point .
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Key reflection fact
The image of a fixed point in any line through a fixed point lies on a circle centered at with radius .
Why? Reflection preserves distance from the mirror line, and since lies on the reflecting line, its distance from equals its distance from the image . Thus
Now,
Hence the locus is the circle
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Match with options
This is a circle of radius .
Therefore, the correct option is:
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