ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET

MTE-05

Bachelors Degree Programme

(B.Sc./B.A./B.Com.)
ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY

Valid from 1st January to 31st December, 2016

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You can take electives (56 or 64 credits) from a minimum of TWO and a
maximum of FOUR science disciplines, viz. Physics, Chemistry, Life
Sciences and Mathematics.
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MAXIMUM OF 48 CREDITS from any of these four disciplines.
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those 24 credits should be from lab courses.

School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068
(2016)

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Assignment
Course Code: MTE-05
Assignment Code: MTE-05/TMA/2016
Maximum Marks: 100

1.

Check whether the following statements are true or false. Justify your answer with a short
explanation or a counter example.
(2 10 =20)
1
2
(i)
The eccentricity of the conic + = 0, > 0 is +1.
(ii)
If = 2 , the equation 2 + 2 2 + 4 + 2 + 4 1 = 0 represents a
parabola.
(iii) There are at least three values of for which the point (, 1) lies on conic
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + = 0.
(iv)
If two lines in 3-space are not parallel then they must intersect.
1
1
1
(v)
The equation 9 2 + 9 2 + 9 2 2 = 1 represents a sphere.
(vi)
The equation 2 + 2 = 1 + 2 represents an ellipsoid if > 0, > 0 and
< 0.
(vii) A parabola can be a planar section of the surface 2 + 2 + 2 + + 2 = 1.
(viii) The projection of a line segment of the -axis on the -axis is the length of the line
segment.
(ix)

2.

3.

The planar section of the ellipsoid 2 + 2 +

2

+ 2

2
4

= 1 by the -plane is a circle.

(x)

The centre of the conicoid

(a)

Let 1 and 2 be the lines 3 = 1 and + = 2 respectively. Find a point

on 2 such that 1 , the distance of from 1 , is 2.
(4)

(b)

A point is moving in a plane such that the difference of its distances from two
fixed points (, + 2) and ( + 2, ), where , in the plane is 4. Find the
equation of the path traced by . Which type of curve does this equation represent?
Justify your answer.
(4)

(c)

Find the polar and parametric forms of the ellipse 2 + 2 = 1. Which form do you
find more suitable for tracing. Justify your answer.
(2)

(a)

Reduce the equation 2 + 2 + 2 10 + 2 5 = 0 to standard form. Hence

trace it.
(4)

(b)

Find the equation of the tangent to the conic 2 + 2 + 3 5 + 1 = 0 at

= 1 lies on the plane = 1.

( 2 +

7
, 1).
2

(2)

(c)

Does there exist a real number for which the plane 17 + 21 + + 83 = 0

contains the line 2 4 + 2 + 8 = 0, 3 + 5 3 + 15 = 0 ? Justify your
answer.
(3)

(d)

How many points are common to both the planes + = 1 and = 2?

Take any two points lying on both the planes. Obtain the equation of the line
passing through these points. Does the line you obtained lie on both the planes?
Justify your answer.
(3)
3

4.

5.

(e)

An electron is moving in an elliptical orbit with the nucleus at one of the foci. If the
largest distance of the electron from the nucleus is twice of the smallest distance of
the electron from the nucleus, then find the eccentricity of the orbit.
(3)

(a)

If 1 , 1 , 1 and 2 , 2 , 2 are the direction cosines of two perpendicular lines, then

show that (1 + 2 )2 + (1 + 2 )2 + (1 + 2 )2 = 2.
(2)

(b)

Show that the points (1, 0, 1), (2, 1, 2), (3, 4, 5) and (1, 1, 1) are noncoplanar. Hence find the distance of the fourth point from the plane passing through
first three points.
(5)

(c)

Find the equation of the sphere through four points (0, 0, 0), (, , ), (, , )
and (, , ). Also find the centre and radius of the sphere.
(4)

(d)

Show that the circles 2 + 2 + 2 3 + 5 = 0, 2 = 0 and

2 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 0, + + + 1 = 0 lie on a common sphere.
Hence find the equation of the sphere.
(4)

(a)

Show that the equation 2 + 2 + 2 2 2 4 + 2 + 5 = 0 represents a

cone. What is its vertex?
(2)

(b)

Show that the cone 2 + 2 + 2 = 0 is the reciprocal

cone of the cone (2 ) 2 + ( 2 ) 2 + ( 2 ) 2 2(2 + )
2( 2 + ) 2( 2 + ) = 0.
(4)

(c)

Find the equation of the cylinder having its base the circle 2 + 2 + ( 1)2 =
4, 2 = 1.
(2)

(d)

Find the standard equation of the conicoid 8 2 + 9 2 + 7 2 =

2
6

(6 +

32 23 182 + 183 + 18 186) by first rotating the

coordinate system so that the direction cosines of the new axes are
1 1 1 1
2 1
1 1
, , ; , 0, ; , , and then by shifting the origin at (1, 2, 1).
3 2 6 3
6 3
2 6
(7)
6.

(a)

Show that the conicoid 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 2 + 4 + 6 2 4 6 +

8 = 0 has a centre. Hence find the centre.
(4)

(b)

Identity the type of the conicoid from the following equations.

(i)

2 2 2 2 = 1

(ii)

2 + 2 = 2

(iii)

2
9

(iv)

2 2 + 4 2 + 1 = 0

2
4

2
3

=1

(2)

(c)

Find the equation of the tangent plane to the conicoid 4 2 + 2 = 3 at the point
(0, 1, 3).
(3)

(d)

Trace the conicoid

2
4

2
9

16 = 1. Does it intersect with any one of the planes

= , = or = ? Justify your answer.

(4)

7.

(e)

Show that the plane 3 + = 4 touches the ellipsoid 2 2 = 7(1 2 2

2 ).
(2)

(a)

Check whether the following equations represent paraboloids or not. For those,
that do, classify the paraboloids as elliptic or hyperbolic.
(4)

(b)

(i)
(ii)

2 2 + 2 + 7 + + 4 = 0
2 2 + 2 = 4

(iii)
(iv)

2 2 + 3 2 + 2 = 1
2 = 2( + )

Sketch the sections of the following conicoids by the planes given along side. (6)
(i) 2 2 + 2 = 4, the plane =
(ii) 2 2 = ,
-plane.
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