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Three Dimensional Geometry (1 mark questions)

1. Find the vector equation of the line through the point (5,2,-4) and which is parallel to the vector 3 + 2
- 8k.
2. Find the distance of the plane 2x-3y+4z-6=0 from the origin.
3. Find the angle between two planes:
3x - 6y + 2z = 7 and 2x + 2y 2z = 5
4. A straight line makes angles 60 and 45 with the positive direction of x axis and y axis
respectively. What angle does it make with the z axis ?
5. Find the equation of the plane passing through the point (-1,0,7) and parallel to the plane
3x - 5y + 4z = 11.
6. Find the distance from the point (2,5,-3) to plane 6x 3y +2z = 4.
7. Show that the normals to the planes r . ( + k) = 4 and r .( 3 + 2 - k) -11 = 0 are perpendicular to
each other.
8. Write the equation of the plane whose intercepts on the co- ordinate axis are -4, 2 and 3.
9. If the line r = ( - 2 + k)+(2 + + 2k) is parallel to the plane r .( 3 - 2 + mk) = 14, find the value
of m.
10. If 4x + 4y z =0 is the equation of the plane through the origin that contains the line
x1 = y+1 = z ,
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find the value of .

SECTION - B(4 marks)

1. Find the shortest distance between the lines l1 and l2 whose vector equations are :r = + + (2 + k)
r = 2 + k + (3 - 5 + 2k)
2. Find the equation of the plane through the line of intersection of the planes x + y + z = 1 and 2x + 3y
+ 4z = 5 which is perpendicular to the plane x y + z =0.
3. Find the vector equation of the line passing through (1,2,3) and parallel to the planes r. ( + 2k) = 5
and r .( 3 + + k ) = 6.
4. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points A(1,-2,5) , B(0,-5,-1) and C(-3,5,0).
5. Find the image of the point (3,-2,1) in the plane 3x - y + 4z = 2.

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6. Find the image of the point (1,6,3) in the line x = y 1 = z 2 .
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7. If l1, m1, n1 ; l2 , m2 , n2 are the direction cosines of two mutually perpendicular lines. Show that the
direction cosines of the line perpendicular to both of them are m1n2 m2n1 , n1l2 n2l1 , l1m2 l2m1.
8. Verify that l1+l2+l3 , m1+m2+m3 , n1+n2+n3 can be taken as the direction cosines of a line equally
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inclined to three mutually perpendicular lines with direction cosines l1,m1,n1;l2,m2,n2 and l3,m3,n3.

SECTION C(6 Marks)

1. A line makes angles , , and with the diagonals of a cube, prove that cos2 + cos2 + cos2 +
cos2 = 4
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2. Show that the lines r1 = + k + (3 - )
Find their point of intersection.

and

r2 = 4 k + (2 + 3k) intersect.

3. Find the equation of the plane through the intersection of the planes r .( + 3)+6 = 0 and
r .(3 - - 4k) = 0 which is at a unit distance from the origin.
4. Show that the lines :
x - 1 = y 3 = z and x 4 = y 1 = z 1
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-2
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are coplanar. Also find the equation of the plane containing these lines.
5. If a variable line in two adjacent positions has direction cosines l, m, n and l+l , m+m , n+n ,
show that the small angle between two positions is given by:()2 = (l)2 + ( m)2 + ( n)2
6. Find the equations of the line of shortest distance between the lines :
x 8 = y +9 = z-10 and x-15 = y-29 = 5-z
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-16
7
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8
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also find the shortest distance between the lines.
7. A variable plane which remains at a constant distance 3p from the origin cuts the co-ordinate axes at
A , B , C. Show that the locus of the centroid of ABC is x -2 + y -2 +z -2 = p-2 .
8. Find the equation of the perpendicular from the point (3,-1,11) to the line x = y-2 = z-3 .
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Also find the foot of perpendicular and the length of perpendicular.
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Find the distance of the point (1,-2,3) from the plane x - y + z = 5 measured parallel to the line
x+1 = y+3 = z+1 .
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Answers
Three Dimensional Geometry
1 MARKS
1) r = (5 + 2-4 k ) + (3 + 2- 8k )

2)

6
29

3) cos-1 53
21

4) 60

5) 3x - 5y + 4z 25 = 0

6) 13 units
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8) -3x + 6y + 4z = 12

9) m = -2

10) = 5

4 MARKS
1)

10

2) x z + 2 = 0
59

3) r = + 2 + 3k + (-3 + 5 + 4 k )
5) (0,-1,-3)

4) r .( 3 + k ) = - 4

6) (1,0,7)

6 MARKS
2) (4,0,-1)
3) r .( -2 + 4 + 4k ) + 6 = 0 or
r . (4 + 2 -4 k ) + 6 = 0

4) 2x 5y -16z +13 = 0

6) x-5 = y 7 = z-3 , 14 units

2
3
6

8)(2,5,7) , 53 units
x-3 = y + 1 = z-11
-1
6
-4

9) 1 unit