A line is drawn through the point $$(1, 2)$$ to meet the coordinate axes at $$P$$ and $$Q$$ such that it forms a triangle $$OPQ,$$ where $$O$$ is the origin. If the area of the triangle $$OPQ$$ is least, then the slope of the line $$PQ$$ is :

A spherical balloon is filled with $$4500\pi $$ cubic meters of helium gas. If a leak in the balloon causes the gas to escape at the rate of $$72\pi $$ cubic meters per minute, then the rate (in meters per minute) at which the radius of the balloon decreases $$49$$ minutes after the leakage began is :

Let $$a,b \in R$$ be such that the function $$f$$ given by $$f\left( x \right) = In\left| x \right| + b{x^2} + ax,\,x \ne 0$$ has extreme values at $$x=-1$$ and $$x=2$$

Statement-1 : $$f$$ has local maximum at $$x=-1$$ and at $$x=2$$.

Statement-2 : $$a = {1 \over 2}$$ and $$b = {-1 \over 4}$$

The shortest distance between line $$y-x=1$$ and curve $$x = {y^2}$$ is