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Board Notes | Three Dimensional Geometry

Level 1 Based on CBSE Pattern

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1. Find the position of a point A in space such that OA is inclined at 60° to OX , at 45° to OY and OA  10 units.

2. Find the vector equation of the line which is parallel to the vector 3iˆ  2 ˆj  6kˆ and which passes through the point
1,  2, 3 .
x 1 y  2 z  3 x  4 y 1
3. Show that the lines   and   z intersect. Also, find their point of intersection.
2 3 4 5 2
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4.   
Find the angle between the lines r  3iˆ  2 ˆj  6kˆ   2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and 2 ˆj  5kˆ   6iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ .  
5. Prove that the line through A  0,  1,  1 and B  4, 5, 1 intersects the line through C  3, 9, 4  and D   4, 4, 4  .

6. Prove that the lines x  py  q, z  ry  s and x  p y  q , z  r y  s  are perpendicular, if pp   rr   1  0.

7. Find the equation of a plane which bisects perpendicularly the line joining the points A  2, 3, 4  and B  4, 5, 8  at
right angles.

8. Find the equation of a plane which is at a distance 3 3 units from origin and the normal to which is equally
inclined to coordinate axes.
9. If the line drawn from the point  2,  1,  3 meets a plane at right angle at the point 1,  3, 3  , then find the
equation of the plane.
10. Find the equation of the plane through the points  2, 1, 0  ,  3,  2,  2  and  3, 1, 7  .
x 3 y 3 z 
11. Find the equations of the two lines through the origin which intersect the line   at angles of
2 1 1 3
each.
12. Find the angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by the equation
l  m  n  0 and l 2  m2  n 2  0.
13. If a variable line in two adjacent positions has direction cosines l , m, n and l  l , m  m, n  n, then show that
the small angle   between the two positions is given by 2  l 2  m2  n 2 .
14. If O is the origin and A is  a, b, c  , then find the direction cosines of the line OA and the equation of plane through
A at right angle to OA.
15. Two systems of rectangular axes have the same origin. If a plane cuts them at distances a , b, c and a , b, c ,
1 1 1 1 1 1
respectively from the origin, then prove that     . 
2 2 2
a b c b  2
c 2 a 2
4  x y 1 z
16. Find the foot of perpendicular from the point  2, 3,  8  to the line   . Also, find the perpendicular
2 6 3
distance from the given point to the line.
x5 y3 z6
17. Find the distance of a point  2, 4,  1 from the line   .
1 4 9
 3 
18. Find the length and the foot of perpendicular from the point 1, , 2  to the plane 2 x  2 y  4 z  5  0.
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19. Find the equation of the line passing through the point  3, 0, 1 parallel to the planes x  2 y  0 and 3 y  z  0.

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20. Find the equation of the plane through the points  2, 1,  1 ,  1, 3, 4  and perpendicular to the plane
x  2 y  4 z  10.
21. Find the shortest distance between the lines gives by
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r  8  3  iˆ   9  16  ˆj  10  7  kˆ and r  15iˆ  29 ˆj  5kˆ   3iˆ  8 ˆj  5kˆ .
22. Find the equation of the plane which is perpendicular to the plane 5 x  3 y  6 z  8  0 and which contains the line
of intersection of the planes x  2 y  3z  4  0 and 2 x  y  z  5  0.
23. If the plane ax  by  0 is rotated about its line of intersection with the plane z  0 through an angle , then the

equation of the plane in its new position, is ax  by   a 2  b 2 tan   z  0.

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24.  
Find the equation of the plane through the intersection of the planes r  iˆ  3 ˆj  6  0 and r  3iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ  0,  
whose perpendicular distance from origin is unity.
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25.      
Show that the points iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ and iˆ  ˆj  kˆ are equidistant from the plane r  5iˆ  2 ˆj  7 kˆ  9  0 and lies on
opposite side of it.
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26. AB  3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and CD   3iˆ  2 ˆj  4 kˆ are two vectors. The position vectors of the points A and C are
6iˆ  7 ˆj  4 kˆ and  9iˆ  2kˆ, respectively. Find the position vector of a point P on the line AB and a point Q on the
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line CD such that PQ is perpendicular to AB and CD both.
27. Show that the straight lines whose direction cosines are given by 2l  2m  n  0 and mn  nl  lm  0 are at right
angles.
28. If l1 , m 1 , n 1 , l2 , m 2 , m 2 and l3 , m 3 , m 3 are the direction cosines of three mutually perpendicular lines, then prove
the line whose direction cosines are proportional to l1  l2  l3 , m 1  m 2  m 3 and n 1  n 2  n 3 makes equal angles
with them.
Choose the correct alternative. Only One choice is correct :
29. Distance of the point  , ,   from Y-axis is :

(A)  (B)  (C)    (D) 2   2

30. If the direction cosines of a line are k, k and k, then :
1 1
(A) k 0 (B) 0  k 1 (C) k 1 (D) k or 
3 3
  2 ˆ 3 ˆ 6 ˆ
31. The distance of the plane r .  i  j  k   1 from the origin is :
7 2 7 
(A) 1 (B) 7 (C) 1/7 (D) None of these
x2 y3 z 4
32. The sine of the angle between the straight line   and the plane 2 x  2 y  z  5 is :
3 4 5
10 4 2 3 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 5 5 2 5 10
33. The reflection of the point  , ,   in the XY-plane is :
(A)  , , 0  (B)  0, 0,   (C)   ,  ,   (D)  , ,   
34. The area of the quadrilateral ABCD where A  0, 4, 1 , B  2, 3,  1 , C  4, 5, 0  and D  2, 6, 2  is equal to :
(A) 9 sq units (B) 18 sq units (C) 27 sq units (D) 81 sq units

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35. The locus represented by xy  yz  0 is :

(A) a pair of perpendicular lines (B) a pair of parallel lines
(C) a pair of parallel planes (D) a pair of perpendicular planes

36. If the plane 2 x  3 y  6 z  11  0 makes an angle sin 1  with X-axes then the value of  is :

3 2 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 3 7 7
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37. If a plane through the points  2, 0, 0  ,  0, 3, 0  and  0, 0, 4  the equation of plane is _________.
38.  
The direction cosines of the vector 2iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ are _________.
x 5 y  4 z 6
39. The vector equation of the line   is _________.
3 7 2
40. The vector equation of the line through the points  3, 4,  7  and 1,  1, 6  is _________.
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41.  
The Cartesian equation of the plane r  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  2 is _________.

TRUE/FALSE
1 ˆ 2 ˆ 3 ˆ
42. The unit vector normal to the plane x  2 y  3 z  6  0 is i j k.
14 14 14
4 4
43. The intercepts made by the plane 2 x  3 y  5 z  4  0 on the coordinate axes are  2, and  .
3 5
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44.      
The angle between the line r  5iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ   2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and the plane r . 3iˆ  4 ˆj  kˆ  5  0 is sin 1  .
 2 91 
   5 
45.    
The angle between the planes r . 2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ  1 and r . iˆ  ˆj  4 is cos1  .
 58 
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46.    
The line r  2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ   iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ lies in the plane r . 3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  2  0.
x 5 y  4 z 6 
47. The vector equation of the line
3

7

2
is r  5iˆ  4 ˆj  6kˆ   3iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ  
48. The equation of a line, which is parallel to 2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ and which passes through the point  5,  2, 4  is
x 5 y  2 z  4
  .
2 1 3
49. If the foot of perpendicular drawn from the origin to a plane is  5,  3,  2  , then the equation of plane is
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r . 5iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ  38.

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