CHAPTER - 11

THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

1. Find the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point A 1,8, 4 to the line

joining B (0,  1,3) and C (2,  3,  1) .

2. Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point A(2,  1,1) , and parallel to the line
joining the points B( 1, 4,1) and C (1, 2, 2) . Also, find the Cartesian equation of the line.

3. The cartesian equations of a line are 6 x  2  3 y  1  2 z  2 . Find (i ) the direction ratios of the line,
(ii ) the cartesian equation of the line parallel to this line and passing through the point (2, 1,  1) .

4. Find the equations of the line passing through the point ( 1, 3,  2) and perpendicular to each of
x y z x  2 y 1 z  1
the lines   and   .
1 2 3 3 2 5

x 5 y 7 z 3 x 8 y  4 z 5
5. Show that the lines   and   intersect each other. Also, find
4 4 5 7 1 3
point of their intersection.

x 1 y  1 z  1 x  2 y 1 z 1
6. Show that the lines   and   do not intersect each other.
3 2 5 4 3 2
x y 1 z  2
7. Find the foot of perpendicular drawn from the point P 1, 6,3 on the line   .
1 2 3
Also, find its distance from P .

x 1 y 2 z 3
8. Find the image of the point  5,9,3 in the line   .
2 3 4

x2 y 1 z  3
9. A perpendicular is drawn from the point  0, 2, 7  to the line   . Find
1 3 2
(i ) foot of perpendicular (ii ) length of perpendicular (iii ) image of point in the line.

x 1 y  2 z  3
10. Find the coordinates of the point where the line   meets the plane
2 3 4
x  y  4z  6 .

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 x 1 2 y  3 z  6 x4 y3
11. Find the angle between the lines   and  , z 5.
1 3 2 3 2

x 1 y  2 z  3 x 1 y  1 6  z
12. Find the value of k for which the lines   and  
3 2k 2 3k 1 5
are perpendicular to each other.

13. Find the angles of a  ABC whose vertices are A  1,3 , 2  , B  2,3,5  and C  3,5,  2  .

1
14. Show that the angle between any two diagonals of a cube is cos 1   .
3

15. Find the shortest distance between the following pair of lines:

 
(i ) r  8i  9 j  10 kˆ   3 i 16 j  7 kˆ and r  15 i  29 j  5kˆ   3 i  8 j  5kˆ
       
 
(ii ) r     1 i     1 j     1 kˆ and r  1    i  2  2   1 j     2  kˆ .

16. Find the shortest distance between the following pair of parallel lines:

x 1 y  2 z  3 x  2 y  1 z 1
(i )   and  
1 1 1 1 1 1

 
(ii) r  i  j   2 i  j  kˆ and r  2 i  j  kˆ   4 i  2 j  2kˆ .
       
17. Find the equation of the plane passing through the points A  0,  1,  1 , B  4,5,1 and C  3, 9, 4  .

18. Show that the four points A, B , C , D with position vectors 4i  5 j  kˆ ,  j  kˆ , 3i  9 j  4kˆ and
 
4  i  j  k respectively are coplanar.
 
19. A plane meets the coordinate axes at A, B and C such that the centroid of  ABC is  3, 4,  6  .

Find the equation of the plane.

20. Reduce the equation of the plane 12 x  3 y  4 z  52  0 to the normal form, and hence find the
length of the perpendicular from the origin to the plane. Write down the direction cosines of the
normal to the plane.

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21. The position vectors of two points A and B are 3i  j  2kˆ and i  2 j  4kˆ respectively. Find the

vector equation of the plane passing through B and perpendicular to AB .

22. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the point 1, 2,3 and perpendicular to the

line with direction ratios 2,3,  4 .


23. Find the vector equation of the plane through the intersection of the planes r . 2i  6 j 12  0 and
 

r . 3i  j  4kˆ  0 , which is at a unit distance from the origin.
 
24. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes
 
r . 2i  7 j  4kˆ  3 and r . 3i  5 j  4kˆ  11  0 , and passing through the point  2, 1, 3 .
   
25. Find the equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes 2 x  3 y  z  1  0 and
x  y  2 z  3  0 , and perpendicular to plane 3 x  y  2 z  4  0 . Also find the inclination of this
plane with xy - plane.

26. Find the equation of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes 2 x  y  z  3
x 1 y  3 z  5
and 5 x  3 y  4 z  9  0 , and parallel to the line   .
2 4 5

27. Find the equation of the plane passing through the point (1,1,1) and perpendicular to each of the
planes x  2 y  3 z  7 and 2 x  3 y  4 z  0 .

 
28. Find  for which the planes r . 2i  j   kˆ  7 and r . 3i  2 j  2kˆ  9 are perpendicular to
   
each other.

29. Find the equation of the plane passing through the point P 1,  1, 2  and Q  2,  2, 2  and

perpendicular to the plane 6 x  2 y  2 z  9 .

 
30. Show that the line r  2i  2 j  3kˆ   i  j  4kˆ is parallel to the plane r . i  5 j  kˆ  5 .
     
Also, find the distance between them.

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31. Find the vector equation of a line passing through the point with position vector 2i  3 j  5k
 

and perpendicular to the plane r . 6i  3 j  5k  2  0 . Also, find the point of intersection of this line
 
and the plane.

x  2 y 1 z  3
32. Find the angle between the line   and the plane 3 x  4 y  z  5  0 .
3 1 2

33. Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (1, 2,3) and (0,  1, 0 ) and parallel to the
x 1 y  2 z
line   .
2 3 3

34. Find the equation of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes 2 x  y  z  3 ,
x 1 y  3 z  5
5 x  3 y  4 z  9  0 , and parallel to the line   .
2 4 5


35. Find the distance of the point (2,3, 4) from the plane r . 3i  6 j  2kˆ  11  0 .
 
 
36. Find the distance between the parallel planes r . 2i  3 j  6kˆ  5 and r . 6i  9 j  18kˆ  20  0 .
   
37. Find the length and the foot of perpendicular from the point (1,1, 2) to the plane

r . 2i  2 j  4kˆ  5  0 .
 
38. Find the image of the point P (1, 3, 4) in the plane 2 x  y  z  3  0 .

39. Prove that the image of the point (3,  2,1) in the plane 3x  y  4 z  2 lies on the plane
x  y  z  40 .

40. Find the distance of the point (2, 3, 4) from the plane 3 x  2 y  2 z  5  0 , measured parallel to
x3 y 2 z
the line   .
3 6 2

x  3 y  4 z 1
41. Find equation of the plane which contains two parallel lines   and
3 2 1
x 1 y  2 z
  .
3 2 1

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42. Find the vector and cartesian forms of the equation of the plane containing two lines
 
r  i  2 j  4kˆ   2i  3 j  6kˆ and r  3i  3 j  5kˆ   2i  3 j  8kˆ .
       

43. Find the equation of the plane containing two lines r  i  j   i  2 j  kˆ     and

r  i  j   i  j  2kˆ . Find the distance of this plane from the origin and also from the point
   
(1, 1, 1) .

x 1 y  2 z  3 x 2 y 3 z 4
44. Prove that the lines   and   are coplanar. Also, find the
2 3 4 3 4 5
equation of the plane containing these two lines.

45. Find distance of a point  1,  5,  10  from the point of intersection of the line
 
   
r  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ   3iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ and the plane r . iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  5 .

x 1 y  3 z  4
46. Find image of the line   in the plane 2 x  y  z  3  0 .
3 1 5



47. Find equation of plane through 3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and parallel to line r   ˆj  3kˆ   2iˆ  5 ˆj  kˆ and 


r  iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ   5iˆ  4 ˆj . 

48. Find the equation of the plane through the point 1,1,1 and containing the line


r   3iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ   3iˆ  ˆj  5 kˆ .  Also, show that the plane contains the line


r   iˆ  2 ˆj  5kˆ   iˆ  2 ˆj  5 kˆ . 
49. Find the equation of the plane mid-parallel to the planes 3 x  4 y  12 z  26  0 and
3 x  4 y  12 z  13  0 .

50. A(1,5, 6), B (0, 11, 7) and C (2, 3,1) are the vertices of a triangle and D is the foot of
perpendicular from A on BC . Find the coordinates of D .

51. Find the equation of a line passing through the point  1, 3,  2  and perpendicular to the lines

x y z x  2 y 1 z  1
  and   .
1 2 3 3 2 5

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 x y 1 z 2
52. A perpendicular is drawn from the point 1, 6,3 to the line   . Find:
1 2 3

(i ) foot of the perpendicular (ii) length of the perpendicular (iii ) image of the point in the line.
 
53. Show that lines r  i  j  kˆ   3 i  j and r  4 i  kˆ   2 i  kˆ intersect. Find their point of
       
intersection.

54. Find the length and the equations of the line of shortest distance between the lines

x 1 y  2 z  3 x 2 y 4 z 5
  and   .
2 3 4 3 4 5

55. Show that the four points A(2,3, 4) , B ( 3,5,1) , C (4,  1, 2) and D(2, 0,1) are coplanar. Also find

the equation of the plane containing them.

56. Find the length and the foot of the perpendicular from the point (7,14,5) to the plane

2x  4 y  z  2 .
 
57. Show that the line r  2 i  2 j  3kˆ   i  j  4kˆ is parallel to the plane r. i  5 j  kˆ  5 .
     
Also find the distance between them.

x  2 y 1 z  3
58. Find the equation of the plane parallel to the line   , which contains the point
1 3 2

 5, 2,  1 and passes through the origin.

59. Find the ratio in which the join of A  2,1,5  and B  3, 4,3 is divided by the plane

2 x  2 y  2 z  1 . Also find the point of division.

60. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points  2,1,  1 and  1,3, 4  and
perpendicular to the plane x  2 y  4 z  10 . Also show that the plane thus obtained contains the line


 
r   iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ   3iˆ  2 ˆj  5kˆ .

61. Find the coordinates of the point where the line through  3,  4,  5  and  2,  3, 1 crosses the

plane determined by the points A 1 , 2,3 , B  2, 2,1 and C  1,3,6  .

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62. The points A  4, 5,10  , B  2, 3, 4  and C 1, 2,  1 are three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD .

Find the vector equations of the sides AB and BC and also find the coordinates of point D .

63. Find the equation of the plane through the point 1, 2,1 and perpendicular to the line joining the

points 1, 4, 2  and  2,3, 5  . Also find the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular and the

perpendicular distance of the point  4,0,3 from the above found plane.

64. Find the distance between the point  7 , 2, 4  and the plane determined by the points

A  2,5,  3  , B  2,  3,5  and C  5, 3,  3  .

65. Find the distance of the point 1,5,10 from the point of intersection of the line

x  2 y 1 z  2
  and the plane x  y  z  16 .
3 4 12

66. Find the equation of the plane passing through the point A(1, 2 ,1) and perpendicular to the line
joining the points P (1, 4 , 2) and Q (2,3,5) . Also, find the distance of this plane from the line
x  2 y 5 z  7
  .
2 1 1
x 1 y  1 z  2
67. Find the point (with integral co-ordinates) on the line   at a distance of 5 units
2 1 2
from origin.
68. The x-coordinate of a point on the line joining the points Q  2, 2,1 and R  5,1,  2  is 4. Find its

z-coordinate.
69. Find the coordinates of the point where the line through  3,  4,  5  and  2,  3, 1 crosses the

plane determined by the points A  2 , 2,1 , B  3, 0,1 and C  4,  1, 0  .

70. Find the unit vector perpendicular to the plane ABC where position vectors of A, B and C are

2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and 2iˆ  3kˆ respectively.


   
71. Vertices Q and R of a triangle PQR lie along the line r  2iˆ  ˆj   2iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ . Find the area

of the triangle PQR given that P has co-ordinates 1,  1, 2  and line segment QR has length 5 units.

72. Write the vector equations of the following lines and hence determine the distance between them:

x 1 y  2 z  4 x  3 3  y z  5
  ;  
2 3 6 4 6 12

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73. Find the direction ratios of the normal to the plane, which passes through the points


1, 0, 0  and  0,1, 0  and makes angle with the plane x  y  3 . Also find the equation of the plane.
4

74. Find the shortest distance between the lines x  1  2 y   12 z and x  y  2  6 z  6

75. From the point P  a , b , c  , perpendiculars PL and PM are drawn to YZ and ZX planes

respectively. Find the equation of the plane OLM .

x 1 y  1 z 1 x 3 y k z
76. If lines   and   intersect, then find the value of k and hence find
2 3 4 1 2 1

the equation of the plane containing these lines.

77. Find the value of k for which the following lines are perpendicular to each other.

x  3 y 1 5  z x  2 2 y z
  ;  
k 5 1 2k  1 1 k 5

Hence find the equation of the plane containing the above lines.

x 1 y 1 x  4 z 1
78. Show that the lines  , z  1  0 and  , y  0 intersect each other. Also find
3 1 2 3

their point of intersection.

79. Let P  3, 2, 6  be a point in the space and Q be a point on the line

 
   
r  iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ   3iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ , then the value of  for which the vector PQ is parallel to the plane

x  4 y  3 z 1 .

80. Find the equation of a plane which passes through the point  3, 2, 0  and contains the line

x 3 y 6 z 4
  .
1 5 4

81. Find x such that the four points A  4,1, 2  , B  5, x , 6  , C  5,1,  1 and D  7 , 4, 0  are coplanar.

82. Find the shortest distance between the lines x  1  2 y   12 z and x  y  2  6 z  6 .

83. Find the Cartesian equations of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes
 
   
r . 2iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ  7 , r . 2iˆ  5 ˆj  3kˆ  9 such that the intercepts made by the plane on x-axis and z-

axis are equal.

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84. Prove that the acute angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by the relations


l  m  n  0 and l 2  m 2  n 2  0 is .
3

85. Show that the line joining the points A  2,  3,  1 and B  8,  1, 2  has equation

x  2 y  3 z 1
  . Find two points on the line whose distance from A is 14.
6 2 3

86. Find the shortest distance between the lines:

 
r   3  t  iˆ   4  2t  ˆj   t  2  kˆ and r  1 s  iˆ   3s  7  ˆj   2s  2  kˆ .

87. Find the equations of the plane perpendicular to the line segment from A  3,3, 2  to B  9,5, 4  at

the middle point of the segment.

88. Find the equations of the planes parallel to the plane x  2 y  2 z  3  0 which are at a unit

distance from the point 1, 2, 3 .

89. Find in symmetrical form the equations of the line 3 x  2 y  z  4  0  4 x  y  2 z  3 .

x y 3 z 5
90. Find the equation of the plane which contains the line   and which is perpendicular
1 2 3

to the plane 2 x  7 y  3 z  1 .

x 1 y  6 z  1
91. Find the equation of the plane through the line   and parallel to the line
3 4 2

2  x y 1 z  4
  .
2 3 5

x3 y3 z
92. Find the equations of the two lines through the origin which intersect the line   at
2 1 1

angles of .
3
x  2 y 1 z
93. Vertices B and C of triangle ABC lie along the line   . Find the area of the triangle
2 1 4

given that A has coordinates 1,  1, 2  and line segment BC has length 5.

x  2 y 1 z 3
94. Find the points on the line   at a distance of 5 units from the point P 1,3,3  .
3 2 2

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95. Find the points on the line through the points A 1, 2,3  and B  3,5,9  at a distance of 14 units

from the mid-point of segment AB .

96. Find the equation of the plane passing through the point  1, 2,1 and perpendicular to the line

joining the points  3,1, 2  and  2,3, 4  . Find also the perpendicular distance of the origin from this

plane.

  
97. A vector n of magnitude 8 units is inclined to x-axis at , y-axis at and an acute angle with z-
4 3


axis. If a plane passes through the point  
2 ,  1,1 and is normal to n , find its equation.

98. Find the point R , where the line joining P 1,3, 4  and Q  3,5, 2  cuts the plane


 
r . 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  3  0. Is PR  QR ?

99. Find the distance of the point  3,  2,1 from the plane 3x  y  z  2  0 measured parallel to the
x 1 y  2 z 1
line   . Also, find the foot of the perpendicular from the given point upon the given
2 3 1
plane.

100. Find the coordinates of the point where the line of intersection of the planes x + 2y + z = 4 and

2x – y + z = 1meets the plane 2x – 3y +2z – 1 = 0.

101. Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point (3, 2, -1) and parallel to the line

r  2iˆ  ˆj   (iˆ  ˆj  2k).
ˆ Also, find the distance between these lines.

102. 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  .

103. Find the equation of the plane which bisects perpendicularly the line joining the points

A  2,3, 4  and B  4,5,8  at right angles.

104. Find the equation of the plane which is at a distance 3 3 units from origin and the normal to

which is equally inclined to coordinate axis.

105. 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.

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 x 3 y 3 z
106. Find the equations of the two lines through the origin which intersect the line  
2 1 1


at angles of each.
3

 3 
107. Find the length and the foot of perpendicular from the point 1, , 2  to the plane
 2 

2x  2 y  4z  5 0 .

108. Find the shortest distance between the lines given by

 
 
r   8  3  iˆ   9  16  ˆj  10  7  kˆ and r 15iˆ  29 ˆj  5kˆ   3iˆ  8 ˆj  5kˆ .

x5 y 4 z7
109. Show that the line   and the planes 3 x  2 y  z  2 and x  3 y  2 z  1 intersect
3 1 2

and find the point of intersection.

x  4 y  6 z 1
110. Show that the lines   and 3 x  2 y  z  5  0  2 x  3 y  4 z  4 intersect. Find the
3 5 2

equation of the plane in which they lie and also their point of intersection.


111. Find the equation of two planes through the points  4, 2,1 ,  2,1,  1 and making angles of
4

with the plane x  4 y  z  9  0 .

x  2 y 1 z
112. Prove that the line   and the line of intersection of the planes
3 2 1

x  y  z  0 and x  y  5 z  8  0 are parallel.

113. A variable plane is at a constant distance p from the origin and meets the axes in A, B and C

1 1 1 9
respectively. Show that the locus of the centroid of the triangle ABC is    .
x2 y 2 z 2 p2

114. Find the equation of the plane which contains the line of intersection of the planes
 
   
r . iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ  4  0 and r . 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  5  0 and whose intercept on x-axis is equal to that on

y-axis.

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115. Find the equation of plane passing through the point A  3, 2,1 , B  4, 2,  2  , C  6,5,  1 and

hence find the value of  for which A  3, 2,1 , B  4, 2,  2  , C  6,5,  1 and D   , 5,5  are coplanar.


   
116. Find the coordinates of the point where the line r  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ   3iˆ  4 ˆj  3kˆ meets the

 4
plane which is perpendicular to the vector n  iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ and at a distance of from origin.
11

x 1 y  1 z x y  2 z 1
117. Find the equation of the plane containing two parallel lines   and   .
2 1 3 4 2 6

x  2 y 1 z  2
Also, find if the plane thus obtained contains the line   .
3 1 5

118. Find the coordinate of the point P where the line through A  3,  4,  5  and B  2,  3,1 crosses

the plane passing through three points L  2, 2,1 , M  3, 0,1 and N  4,  1, 0  . Also, find the ratio in

which P divides the line segment AB .

119. Find the equation of the plane which contains the line of intersection of the planes

x  2 y  3 z  4  0 and 2 x  y  z  5  0 and whose x-intercept is twice its z-intercept.

Hence write the vector equation of a plane passing through the point  2,3,  1 and parallel to the

plane obtained above.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

THREE DIMENTIONAL GEOMETRY
Q1. The distance of a point P  a , b , c  from x-axis is:

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 (a) a2  c2 (b) a 2  b2 (c) b2  c 2 (d) b2  c 2


Q2. The angle which the vector r  4iˆ  8 ˆj  kˆ makes with the x-axis is:

(a) cos 1 1 3 (b) cos 1 1 9  (c) cos 1  2 9  (d) cos 1  4 9 

Q3. The direction cosines of the line segment joining the points A  5,  3,8  and B  7 ,  5, 9  are:

(a)  2,  2,1 (b) 1 2,  1 2,1 (c)  2 3, 2 3,1 3  (d) none of these

Q4. The vertices of a  ABC are A  1,3, 2  , B  2,3,5  and C  3,5,  2  . Then value of  B is:

(a) cos 1 1 2  
(b) cos 1 1 3  (c) cos 1 1 3 (d) cos 1  2 3 
Q5. Three vertices of parallelogram ABCD are A  3,  1, 2  , B 1, 2,  4  and C  1,1, 2  . Then D is:

(a)  2,  3,5  (b)  3, 4 , 2  (c) 1,  2 ,8  (d)  2,  1,  8 

Q6.The xy-plane divides the line joining the points A  1,3, 4  and B  2,  5, 6  :

(a) 2 : 3 internally (b) 3 : 2 internally (c) 2 : 3 externally (d) 3 : 2 externally

Q7. If P  3, 2,  4  , Q  5, 4,  6  and R  9,8,  10  are collinear, then R divides PQ in the ratio:

(a) 3:2 internally (b) 3:2 externally (c) 2:1 internally (d) 2:1 externally

Q8. If a line makes angles  ,  and  with the axes respectively, then value of

cos 2  cos 2   cos 2 is:

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

Q9. If a line makes angle  3 and  4 with x-axis and y-axis respectively, then the angle made by

the line with z-axis is:

(a)  2 (b)  3 (c)  4 (d) 5  12

Q10. The angle between the two diagonals of a cube is:

(a) 300 (b) 450 (c) cos 1 1 3  (d) cos 1 1 3

x  3 y  2 z 1
Q11. The line   is:
3 1 0

(a) || to x-axis (b) || to y-axis (c) || to z-axis (d)  to z-axis

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 x y z x 1 y  2 z  3
Q12. The lines   and   are:
1 2 3 2 4 6

(a) coincident (b) skew (c) intersecting (d) parallel

x  7 y 17 z  6 x5 y 3 z 4
Q13. The d.r’s of the line perpendicular to the lines   and   are
2 3 1 1 2 2

proportional to:

(a) 4 ,5 , 7 (b) 4 ,  5, 7 (c) 4 ,  5,  7 (d) 4 ,5, 7

x 1 y  3 z  2 x y7 z7
Q14. The point of intersection of the lines   and   is:
3 2 1 1 3 2

(a) 1 2,  1 2,  3 2  (b) 1 2,1 2,  3 2  (c) 1 2,  1 2,3 2  (d) none of these

x 3 y 8 z 3 x 3 y 7 z 6
Q15.The shortest distance between the lines   and   is:
3 1 1 3 2 4

(a) 30 (b) 2 30 (c) 5 30 (c) 3 30

x 6 y 7 z 7
Q16.The perpendicular distance of the point P 1, 2 ,3  from the line   is:
3 2 2

(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10

x 1 y  2 z  5
Q17. The line   meets the plane 2 x  4 y  z  3 at a point:
2 3 4

(a)  3,1,  1 (b)  3,  1,1 (c)  3,  1,  1 (d) none of these

Q18. The intercepts made by the plane 3x  6 y  z  9 are:

1 2 1  3 
(a)  3,  6 ,1 (b)  ,  ,  (c)  3,  , 9  (d) none of these
3 3 9  2 

Q19. The equation of plane passing through the points A  3,5, 0  , B 1,  2,5  and C  0,  5,  1 is:

(a) x  3 y  z  6  0 (b) 3x  y  z  4  0 (c) x  3 y  z  2  0 (d) none of these

Q20. Equation of plane parallel to plane 2 x  3 y  z  8  0 and passes through the point  1,1, 2  is:

(a) 2 x  3 y  z  3  0 (b) 3x  2 y  z  3  0 (c) 2 x  3 y  z  1 (d) none of these

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Q21. The equation of the plane through the intersection of the planes

x  2 y  3 z  4 and 2 x  y  z   5 and perpendicular to the plane 5 x  3 y  2 z  5  0 is:

(a) 7 x  2 y  3 z  81  0 (b) 23 x  14 y  9 z  48  0

(c) 51x  15 y  50 z  173  0 (d) none of these

Q22. The equation of the plane through the intersection of the planes x  y  z  3  0  2 x  y  3 z  1

x y z
and parallel to the line   is:
1 2 3

(a) x  5 y  3 z  7 (b) x  5 y  3 z   7 (c) x  5 y  3 z  7 (d) x  5 y  3z   7

Q23. A plane passes through the point P 1,1,1 and is perpendicular to each of the planes

x  2 y  3 z  9 and 2 x  3 y  4 z  0 . The equation of the plane is:

(a) 2 x  17 y  7 z  12 (b) 17 x  2 y  7 z  12 (c) 7 x  2 y 17 z  12 (d) none of these

Q24. A plane passes through the points P 1,  1, 2  and Q  2,  2, 2  and it is perpendicular to the

plane 6 x  2 y  2 z  3 . The equation of the plane is:

(a) x  y  z  4  0 (b) x  y  2 z  4  0 (c) x  2 y  z  4  0 (d) none of these

Q25. The distance between the planes 2 x  2 y  z  2  0 and 4 x  4 y  2 z  5  0 is:

1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
2 4 6

Q26. The foot of perpendicular from the point A 1,3, 4  on the plane 2 x  y  z  3  0 is:

(a) 1, 4,  3  (b) 1,  4 ,3  (c)  1, 4,3 (d) none of these

x 1 y  1 z x y  2 z 1
Q27. The equation of the plane containing the two lines   and   is:
2 1 3 2 3 1

(a) 8 x  y  5 z  7  0 (b) 8 x  y  5 z  7  0 (c) 8 x  y  5 z  7  0 (d) none of these

 
    
Q28. The distance of the line r  2iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ   iˆ  ˆj  4 kˆ from the plane r . iˆ  5 ˆj  kˆ  5 is: 
5 10 25
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
3 3 3 3 3 3

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 
   
Q29. The vector equation of the plane containing the line r   2iˆ  3 ˆj  4 kˆ   3iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ and the

point iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ is:

  
 
(a) r . iˆ  3kˆ  10  
(b) r . iˆ  3kˆ  10  
(c) r . 3iˆ  kˆ  10 (d) none of these

x 3 y  4 z 5
Q30. The distance between the point  3, 4,5  and the point where the line   meets
1 2 2

the plane x  y  z  17 is:

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) none of these

x 1 y 1 z 1
Q31. If a plane passes through a point 1,1,1 and is perpendicular to the line   , then
3 0 4

its perpendicular distance from the origin is:

(a) 3 4 (b) 4 3 (c) 7 5 (d) 1

Q32. The distance of the point  1,  5,  10 from the plane x  y  z  5 measured parallel to the line

x  2 y 1 z  2
  is:
3 4 12

(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) none of these

Q33. The image of the point 1,3, 4  in the plane x  y  z  5 is:

(a)  3,1, 6  (b)  3,1, 6  (c)  3,  1, 6  (d)  3,1,  6 

Q34. A line joining points  4,  1, 2  and  3, 2,3 meets the plane at the point  10, 5, 4  at 900 , the

equation of the plane is:

(a) 7 x  3 y  z  89  0 (b) 7 x  3 y  z  89  0 (c) 7 x  3 y  z  89  0 (d) none of these

ONE MARKER QUESTIONS

THREE DIMENTIONAL GEOMETRY

x  2 y 1 z  3
1. Find the value of  such that the line   is perpendicular to the plane
9  6

3x  y  2 z  7

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 x 1 y  2 z  3 x 1 y  1 6  z
2. Find the value of k for which the lines   and   are
3 2k 2 3k 1 5

perpendicular to each other.

x  2 y 3 z 4
3. What is the angle between the line   and the plane 2 x  2 y  z  5  0 .
3 4 5

4. Find the distance of the point  2,3, 4  from the x-axis.

5. If a line makes  ,  ,  with the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis respectively, then write the value of

sin 2   sin 2   sin 2  .

6. If a line makes  ,  ,  with the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis respectively, then write the value of

cos 2  cos 2   cos 2 .

7. What is the cosine of the angle which the vector 2 i  j  kˆ makes with y-axis?
 
8. For what value of  vectors a  2 i   j  k and b  i  2 j  3 k perpendicular to each other.

9. Write the Cartesian equation of the line through the point (5, 2, – 4) and which is parallel to

the vector 3iˆ  2 ˆj  4 kˆ .

10. What is the distance between the planes 2 x  3 y  4 z  4 and 4 x  6 y  8 z  16 ?

3 x y 2 z  2
11. Write the direction cosines of a line parallel to the line   .
3 2 6

12. Write the vector equation of the line through the point (5, 2,  4) and which is parallel to the

vector 3 i  4 j  kˆ .

13. Find the sum of the intercepts cut off by the plane 2 x  y  z  5 , on the coordinate axes.

14. Find the Cartesian equation of the line passing through the point (3, -4, 1) and perpendicular

to the y-axis.

15. Write the coordinates of the point which is the reflection of the point  ,  ,   in the XZ-plane.

16. Write the equation of a plane which is a t a distance of 5 3 units from origin and the normal to

which is equally inclined to coordinate axes.

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 ANSWERS

THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

 5 2 19   x  2 y 1 z 1
1. D  , ,  2. r  2 i  j  k   2 i  2 j  k ,
    
 3 3 3 2 2 1

x  2 y  1 z 1 x 1 y  3 z  2
3. (i)1, 2,3 (ii )   4.   5. 1,3, 2
1 2 3 2 7 4

 3 1  70
7. N 1,3,5 ; 13 units 8. 1, 1, 11 9. (i)  , , 4  (ii ) units
 2 2  2

 10
(iii )  3,  3,1 10. 1,1,1 11. 12. k 
2 7

 1   2 5 2
13.  A  900 ,  B  cos1  1
 ,  C  cos  3  15. (i )14 units (ii ) units
 3   2

1
16. (i ) 26 units (ii ) 66 units 17. 5 x  7 y  11z  4  0 19. 4 x  3 y  2 z  36
6

 12 3 4   
20. 4,  , ,  21. r . 2i  3 j  6k  28  0 22. r . 2i  3 j  4k  4  0
   
 13 13 13 
  
23. r . 2i  j  2k  3  0 , r . i  2 j  2k  3  0
    24. r . 15i  47 j  28k  7
 
 4 
25. 7 x  13 y  4 z  9 ,   cos 1   26. 7 x  9 y  10 z  27 27. 17 x  2 y  7 z  12  0
 234 

10
28.    2 29. x  y  2 z  4  0 30. units
3 3

  76 108 170   7 
31. r  2i  3 j  5k   6i  3 j  5k ,  ,
   ,   32. sin 1  
 35 35 35   52 

5
33. 6 x  3 y  z  3 34. 7 x  9 y  10 z  27  0 35. 1 unit 36. units
3

13 6  1 25 1 
37. units ,  , ,  38. Q ( 3,5, 2) 40. 7 units
12  12 12 6 

41. 8 x  y  26 z  6  0 42. r . 6i  28 j  12 k  98  0 , 3 x  14 y  6 z  49  0
 

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43. x  y  z  0 ; 0 units , 1/ 3 units 44. x  2 y  z  0 45. 13 units

x 3 y 5 z 2  
46.
3

1

5
  
47. r . 4iˆ  5 ˆj  17 kˆ  27  0 48. r . iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ  0 

x 1 y 3 z2
49. 6 x  8 y  24 z 13  0 50. D (4,5, 5) 51.  
2 7 4

52. (i ) 1, 3,5  (ii) 13 units (iii ) 1, 0, 7  53.  4, 0,  1

6 3x  5 y3 3 z 13
54. units ,   55. x  y  z  1
6 3 2 3

56. (1, 2,8) , 3 21 units 57. 10 / 3 3 units 58. 7 x  11 y  13 z  0

 29 9 25  
59. 5:7 and  , , 
 12 14 16 
 
60. r . 18iˆ  17 ˆj  4kˆ  49  0 61. 1,  2, 7 

 
       
62. AB : r  4iˆ  5 ˆj  10 kˆ   iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ , BC : r  2iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ   iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ ; D  3, 4,5 

63. x  y  3z  2 or x  y  3 z  2  0 ;  3,1, 0  ; 11 unis 64. 29 units

65. 6 units 66. x  y  3 z  2  0 ; 11 units 67.  3, 0, 4  68.  1

3 ˆ 2 ˆ 1 ˆ 293
69. 1,  2, 7  70. i j k 72. units
14 14 14 7

x y z 9
73. 1,1,  2 ; x  y  2 z 1  0 74. 2 units 75.   1 76. k  ;5 x  2 y  z  6
a b c 2

77. k   1 ; 4 x  31 y  7 z  54  0 78.  4, 0,  1 79.   1 / 4 80. x  y  z  1

81. x  4 82. 2 units

83. 12 x  27 y 12 z  52 and 4 x 17 y  48 z  0 85. 14,1, 5  and  10,  7 ,  7 

86. 35 87. 6 x  y  z  25 88. x  2 y  2 z  0 and x  2 y  2 z  6  0

x  2 y 5 z
89.   90. 9 x  3 y  z  14  0 91. 26 x  11 y  17 z  109
3 2 5

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 x y z x y z 1775
92.   and   93. sq.units 94.  2,  1, 3 and  4,3, 7 
1 2 1 1 1 2 28

 19   5   1 
95.  6 , ,18  and  2 ,  ,  6 
 2   2 
 
96. r . 5iˆ  2 ˆj  2 kˆ  1 ,
33
97. r .  
2iˆ  j  kˆ  2

 3 22 15 
98. R  5, 6 ,1 , No 99. 4 14 units ,   ,  ,  103. x  y  2 z 19
 7 7 7 

104. x  y  z  9 105. 3 x  2 y  6 z  27  0

x y z x y z  5 
106.   and   107. 6 units ,  0, , 0  108. 14 units
1 2 1 1 1 2  2 

109. 1,  2,3 110. 45x 17 y  25z  53  0 ;  2, 4,  3


111. x  2 y  2 z  6  0 , 2 x  2 y  z  3  0  
114. r . iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ 1  0

115. 9 x  7 y  3 z  16  0 ,   4 116.  2, 2, 0  117. 8 x  y  5 z  7 , yes



118. P 1,  2, 7  , ratio 2 :1externally 119. 7 x  11y  14 z  15,13x  14 y  11z  0 ; r . 7iˆ  11 ˆj  14 kˆ  33 
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. c 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. c 6. c 7. b 8. d 9. b 10. d 11. d 12. a 13. a 14.a

15. c 16. a 17. c 18. c 19. b 20. a 21. d 22. a 23. b 24. b 25. c 26. c 27. a 28.b

29. a 30. c 31. c 32. b 33. a 34. a

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