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TodayI’
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al
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TodayI’
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ngtotel
lyouabouti
mport
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1.Mat
ri
cesandDet
ermi
nant
s

ForJEEMain-mostoft
hequestionsi
nJEEmai nareabitf
ormulabasedsot
ryt
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for
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resspeedsopract
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ngmoreandmor eprobl
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ely
i
ncreasey
ourspeedassolvi
ng30questi
onsin1hourisnotaeasytask.

ForJEEAdv anced-Theimportanceofthi
schaptercanbeknownf rom t
hefactthatev er
yyear3
-4questi
onsont hi
stopi
car easkedinJEEAdvanced.Thischapterrequi
resunderstandingthe
theory
.Firsttrytocl
earthetermslikei
dempotent,
invol
untar
y,et
c.Andal sol
earnthef ormulae
foradjoi
ntandi nver
seofmat ri
cesasmostoft hequesti
onarefrom thesetopi
cs.Domest i
c
basicter
mssuchasuni tmat r
ix,
singul
armatr
ixshouldbeclearandeachandev eryformula
mustbel earnt.Andthenpracti
cingmoreandmor eprobl
emswi llsurel
ymakey ouachampi n
thi
schapt er.

2.Per
mut
ati
onandCombi
nat
ion

ForJEEMain–onequest i
onisaskedever
yyeari
nJEEMai nfr
om t
hischapt
erwhi
chisoneof
theeasi
estquest
ionsofmathemati
cs,sot
rytol
earnal
lthebasi
csandyouwill
beabl
etosol
ve
i
t.

ForJEEAdv anced-thismightnotbethemostimportantchapter
sbutthi
sisthemost
i
nterest
ingchaptersi
nthesyll
abusofJEEforsure.Andalsothatthi
schapt
erisrequi
redf
or
sol
vingquesti
onsofprobabil
it
y.Toprepar
eitj
ustpracti
cemor eandmor equest
ionsasyouwi
l
l
notgetanythi
ngf r
om j
ustunderst
andingt
hetheory.

3.Pr
obabi
l
ity

ForJEEMain–Ascompar edt
oJEEAdvanced,
iti
snotasi
mportantf
orJEEMai n.1questi
onis
askedfr
om t
hischapt
ereachy
ear
.Speci
alatt
enti
ononBayest
heorem andgeneral
probabi
li
ty
shoul
dbegiven.
ForJEEAdv anced-Thi schapt eralongwi t
hmat ri
cesisthemostimpor t
antpartofal
gebra.Thi
s
chapteri
spr ettyint
eresti
ngaswel l.Basicrequi
rementint hi
schapteri
spret
tyPandC.I fyourP
andCi sclearitisareallyeasychapt ersofir
stofallgothroughPandaCbef or
estart
ingthis
chapterandt hanpracticeforprobabili
tyquesti
ons.*Everyyear3questi
onsareaskedfrom
probabil
i
tywhi charemost lycompr ehension.Specialat
tenti
onshouldbegiv
ent oBayes
theorem.

4.Compl
exnumber
s

ForJEEMain-everyyear1-
2quest
ionsareaskedfr
om thi
schapterwhichi
smostpr
obably
fr
om complexno.Rotat
ionorf
rom basi
cpropert
yofcomplexnumbers.Suchasmul
ti
pli
cat
ion
ormodulusori
ented.

ForJEEAdv anced-Thisisanotherver
yimportantchapterf
rom JEEAdv ancedpoi
ntofview.
Everyyear2questionsareaskedf r
om thi
schapter.AndIthi
nkt hi
sisthemostdif
ficul
tpartof
algebr
abecausei trequir
esbasicknowledgeofalotofchapterssuchasquadrati
c,sequence,
vector
,3Dandmat r
ice.Butsomepeoplemayf eelthati
tiseasysot r
ytoprepar
eitatbest
becausequestionsaskedi nJEEarenotastoughast hepracti
ceproblems.

5.Quadr
ati
cequat
ions

ForJEEMain-eachyearonequesti
onisaskedfr
om t
hischapt
eri
nJEEMai
nwhi
chi
smost
ly
fr
om theor
yofequat
ionorlocat
ionofr
oots,sopr
epar
ethesetopi
cswel
l

Yetanothereasybuti
mpor
tantchapter.Thequesti
onmaynotbedirectl
yaskedfrom t
his
chapt
erbutithasuseinmanychapterwhi chi
ncl
udeschapterasi
mportantasint
egrat
ion,
complexnumber s,
andmanymor e.All
y ouneedisthebasi
cunder
standi
ngofeachconceptin
thi
schapter.

6.Pr
ogr
essi
ons&Ser
ies

ForJEEMai
n-onequesti
oneachyeari
saskedf
rom t
hischapt
erwhi
chi
smost
lyf
rom i
nfi
nit
e
summati
onorf
rom gener
alAPquesti
on.

ForJEEAdvanced-Everyyear1questi
onisaskedfrom thi
schapter
.Thi
sisr
elat
ivel
ytougher
forsomest
udentsbutaccordingt
omei tiseasy.
all
y ouneedinthi
schapt
eri
spracti
cingmore
andmoreproblems.Thereisnootherwayofimprovingthi
schapter
.

*
All
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dbepr
edi
ctedaboutJEE

Al
lthebest
.

KeshavSoni

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ITKanpur

Nowt hepeakt imef ortheJEEhasar r

ivedandthebestwayt oscoremaximum ist ostudy
smart.Smar tstudydoesn’ tmeanleaveat opicbuttostudythattopici
nav eryprecisemanner.
Thisart
icleisaboutt heimpor t
anttopicsintheCoordinateGeomet r
y.Fi
rstofall
,letmeclear
youCoor dinat
eGeomet ryisoneoft hehighestscori
ngt opi
csinJEEmai nsandJEEadv anced.
Thissectionmai nl
yuncl es5chaptersnamel ystrai
ghtli
ne,cir
cles,
parabol
a,hyperbolaand
ell
i
pse.Letusdi scusseacht opi
conebyone.

I
mpor
tantTi
pst
ocov
er2-
DCoor
dinat
eGeomet
ry

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ghtLi
ne

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rai
ghtli
nesisabasici
ntroducti
ontotheworldofCoor di
nateGeomet ryand
mostofyoumi ghtnothaveanyprobl
em inthischapt
er.Themai nkeypointofthischapt
erist
o
makeuseofal lt
heformsofstrai
ghtl
inesie.Parametr
icfor
m, sl
opeform,etc.Condit
ionfor
concur
renceof3linesaresomeimportanttopicsf
orJEEmai ns

(i
i)JEEAdv anced-Mostimpor
tantpar
tofthi
schapterispairofstrai
ghtl
ineandgeneral
Coordinat
eGeomet r
yasmostofthequesti
onsaskedar egenerall
ybasedony ourgeometr
ic
skil
lsandspeed, ov
eral
li
tisoneoftheeasi
estchapter
sinsy l
labusofjeemathematics

Ci
rcl
es
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)JEEMain-thegener
al r
equi
rementsofthi
schapterist
oknowhowtowrit
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ffer
entforms.Gener
all
y,i
nJEEMai n,questi
onsar
easkedf
rom t
hetopi
ctangentand
normal
.Memor i
singal
lthefor
mulaewill
helpyoual ot
.

(i
i)JEEAdvanced–quest i
onsf r
om thischapt eri
nJEEAdvancedar
eabi ttri
ckyastheyusethe
conceptofst
raightl
i
nesandci rclestogether
.Manyquesti
onsareaskedfrom thefamil
yofa
ci
rcleandort
hogonalcir
cles,goingthoroughlythr
ought
heconceptofradicalaxi
swouldalso
helpyou.Thi
schapteral
sor equiresgooduseofgeomet r
y

Par
abol
a

(I
)JEEMai n–eachyearonequest i
onisaskedfr
om thi
schapteri
nJEEMai n.I
tisavery
i
mpor t
anttopi
candwillhelpyoutounderst
andnexttwochapter
s.Gener
al questi
onsarebased
ontangentandnor
mal .Equat
ionoftangentandnormalshoul
dbememor isedinallt
heforms
i
ncludi
ngparametr
icform,pointf
orm andslopefor
m.Theseformulaear
emustf ort
hischapt
er.

(i
i
)JEEAdv anced-thi
sisthemostimpor t
anttopi
cofCoordi
nateGeometryinJEEAdvanced.
Everyy
earnearlytwoquesti
onsareaskedf r
om thi
schapt
er.Thesequest
ionsalsor
equir
ea
goodknowledgeofstrai
ghtli
nesandcircl
es.Mostquesti
onsarebasedonbasicfor
mulaealong
withabitofcomplexgeometry.Sopr
epar et
hischapt
erwelli
fyouwanttoscoregoodmar ksi
n
JEEAdvanced.

Hy
per
bol
a

(
I)JEEMain–Mostofthequestionfrom t
hischapterisformul
abased.Tryt
orememberal
lthe
f
ormulaandthefor
mul
af orarectangul
arhyper
bola.Itiscomparat
ivel
yeasi
ert
hanpar
abol
aas
i
thaslessno.ofi
mpor
tanttopi
cs

(i
i
)JEEAdv anced-quest
ionsfrom t
hischapt
erareal
sogeometrybasedandrequi
resgood
geometr
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ls.Al
so,al
ltheformulashoul
dbebyheartasderi
vingthem i
nexam t
imewil
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wastealotoftime.Eachyearonequesti
onisaskedfr
om thi
schapter.
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l
ipse

(i
)JEEMain-El
l
ipsei
sthesecondmostimpor
tantchapteri
nCoordinat
eGeometry
.Mostofit
s
for
mulai
ssimil
arwithhy
perboladuetot
hesi
milar
it
iesbetweentheequat
ionofel
li
pseand
hyper
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a.Thetopi
csoftangentandnor
mali
sagainani mport
antpart
.

(
ii
)JEEAdv
anced-Thi
sisarel
ati
vel
yeasi
erchapt
erforJEEAdvancedasmanyquest
ionsar
e
f
ormul
abasedal
ongwithbasi
cgeometry
.Soscori
nggoodinthischapt
eri
snotahard.

Al
lthebest
.

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