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Distance Formula via Determinant Area

JEE Main asked Distance Formula via Determinant Area once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2. It belongs to Straight Line Distance, in Straight Lines (Maths).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2022
the only year
Pattern
Occasional
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210.04’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.

  • Triangle area then collinear points

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 0

The question was multiple choice.

Every question

The question

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q10Let the area of the triangle with vertices A(1,α)A(1, \alpha), B(α,0)B(\alpha, 0) and C(0,α)C(0, \alpha) be 4 sq. units. If the points…MediumSingle correct

Shift: 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2.

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Other ideas in Straight Line Distance

Straight Line Distance has 23 ideas JEE Main has asked; 16 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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