Basic Ideas of Co-ordinate Geometry

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Co-ordinate Geometry

Basic Ideas : Distance formula, section formula, area of a triangle, condition of collinearity of three points in a plane. Polar coordinates, transformation from Cartesian to polar coordinates and vice versa. Parallel transformation of axes, concept of locus, elementary locus problems.

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