Harsh Tiwari
Last Activity: 3 Years ago
the condition for a general quadratic equation of the form ax^2+by^2+2gx+2fy+2hxy+c=0 to represent a pair of straight lines (POSL) is that the determinant should be 0.
Here,
a=1, b= 2, g= 3/2, f= 5/2, h= k/2, c=2
so we form the determinant as follows:
| 1 k/2 3/2|
| k/2 2 5/2| = 0
| 3/2 5/2 2 |
putting this determinant 0, we get
K= 3, 9/2