Using co-ordinate geometry, prove that the three altitudes of any triangle are concurrent.

A rectangle $$PQRS$$ has its side $$PQ$$ parallel to the line $$y = mx$$ and vertices $$P, Q$$ and $$S$$ on the lines $$y = a, x = b$$ and $$x = -b,$$ respectively. Find the locus of the vertex $$R$$.

A line through $$A (-5, -4)$$ meets the line $$x + 3y + 2 = 0,$$ $$2x + y + 4 = 0$$ and $$x - y - 5 = 0$$ at the points $$B, C$$ and $$D$$ respectively. If $${\left( {15/AB} \right)^2} + {\left( {10/AC} \right)^2} = {\left( {6/AD} \right)^2},$$ find the equation of the line.

Tagent at a point $${P_1}$$ {other than $$(0, 0)$$} on the curve $$y = {x^3}$$ meets the curve again at $${P_2}$$. The tangent at $${P_2}$$ meets the curve at $${P_3}$$, and so on. Show that the abscissae of $${P_1},\,{P_2},{P_3}......{P_n},$$ form a G.P. Also find the ratio.

[area $$\left( {\Delta {P_1},{P_2},{P_3}} \right)$$]/[area $$\left( {{P_2},{P_3},{P_4}} \right)$$]