MT-Vector & 3D-1

MATHEMATICS (Assignment-Vector & 3D)

1. If the mid-points of the consecutive sides of any quadrilateral are connected by straight lines. Prove that the resulting
quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
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2. If a, b, c is a system of linearly independent vectors; show that the following vectors (i) 2a  b  3c, a  b  2c, a  b  3c are
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also linearly independent; (ii) 2 a - b + 3 c , a + b - 2 c , 3 a - 3 b + 8 c are linearly dependent.
3. Let ABCDE be a pentagon in which the sides AB and DC are parallel, the sides AE and BC are parallel,
AB : DC = 2 : 1 and AE : BC = 1 : 3. If the diagonals AD and BE meet at F, find AF : FD.
4. Let ABC and PQR be any two triangles in the same plane. Assume that the perpendicular from the points A, B, C to the
sides QR, RP, PQ respectively are concurrent. Prove that perpendicular from P, Q, R to BC, CA, AB respectively are also
concurrent.
5. In the ABC, points D, E, F are taken on the sides BC, CA and AB respectively such that BD : DC = CE : EA = AF : FB
ar (DEF) n 2  n  1
= n. Prove that  .
ar (ABC) (n  1) 2
6. In the ABC, a point P is taken on the side AB such that AP : BP = 1:2 and a point Q is taken on the side BC such that
CQ : BQ = 2:1. If R is one point of intersection of lines AQ and CP, find ar (BRC) : ar (ABC).
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7. Solve the equations: (i) xa  yb  zc  d (Solve for x, y, z, a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors).
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(ii) r  r  a  b (Solve for r ). (iii) p  a  b, p.a 1 and a  b  q (solve for a and b )
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8. Let u and v be unit vectors. If w is a vector such that w  (w  u)  v then prove that
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| u  v.w |  1/2 and equality holds iff u is perpendicular to v .
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9. If OABC is a tetrahedron where 'O' is the origin and A, B, C have respectively. PV's a, b, c . Prove that the circumcentre of
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| a |2 (b  c)  | b |2 (c  a)  | c |2 (a  b)
the tetrahedron is   .
2[a bc]
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 ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ  ˆ ˆ  (r.a)(b  c) (r .b) (c  a) (r .c) (a  b)
10. Prove that : (i) r  (r .i) i  (r . j) j  (r .k) k (ii) r  
   
   
[a bc] [a b c] [a b c]
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 (r.b  c) a (r.c  a) b (r .a  b) c   
(iii) r           , where a,b,c are non-coplanar vectors.
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[a b c] [a b c] [a bc]
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11. Let A (t) = f1(t) î + f2 (t) ĵ and B (t) = g 1 (t) ˆi  g 2 (t) ˆj , t [0, 1]. Where f1, f2, g1, g2 are continuous functions. If A (t)
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and B (t) are non zero vectors  t and A (0) = 2 ˆi  3j, ˆ A (1)  6iˆ  2ˆj, B(0)  3iˆ  2ˆj and B (1) = 2 ˆi  6ˆj , then show that A(t)
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and B(t) are parallel for some t.
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12. If aˆ  bˆ  cˆ = 0, then prove that the triangle whose sides BC , CA and AB are respectively, a, b and c is equilateral.
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13. Prove that : (i) [ a  b,b  c, c  a]  2 [a b c] (ii) [ a  b, b  c, c  a]  0 (iii) [a  b, b  c, c  a]  [a b c]2 .
14. The PV's of A, B and C of a tetrahedron ABCD are ˆi  ˆj  k, ˆ iˆ and 3iˆ respectively. The altitudes from vertex D to the
opposite face ABC meets the median line through A and ABC at a point E. If the length of the side AD is 4 and the
2 2
volume of the tetrahedron is , find the P.V. of the point E for all its possible positions.
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15. The vector ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ turns through a right angle, passing through the positive x-axis on the way. Find the vector in its
new position.
16. If (a, b, c) is a point on the plane 3x + 2y + z = 7 then find the least value of a2 + b2 + c2 using vector method.
17. Prove in a triangle ABC, using vectors, that : (i) cos2A + cos2B + cos2C  -3/2 (ii) cosA + cosB + cosC  3/2
(iii) sinA/2 + sinB/2 + sinC/2  3/2
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18. Let â be a unit vector and b be a non-zero vector not parallel to â . Find angles of the triangle, two sides of which are
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represented by the vectors 3 (aˆ  b) and b  (a.b)a
ˆ ˆ.
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19. Find the scalars  and . If a  (b  c)  (a.b) b = (4 - 2 - sin) b + (2 - 1) c and (c.c ) a = c where b and c are non-
collinear vectors.
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20. If [ b c d ]  0, prove that (a  b) × (c  d)  (a  c)  (d  b)  (a  d)  (b  c) is parallel to a .
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21. If k > 0, prove that (1 + k) | A |2 + 1   | B |2  | A  B |2.
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22. The PV's of the points P and Q are 5iˆ  7ˆj  2kˆ and 3iˆ  3jˆ  6kˆ respectively. A line parallel to vector
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A = 3 ˆi  ˆj  kˆ passes through the points P and another line parallel to the vector B = -3 ˆi  2ˆj  4kˆ passes through the
point Q. A third line to 2iˆ  7ˆj  5kˆ intersects the given lines at M and N. Find PV's of M&N.
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23. ABCD A1 B1 C1 D1 is a cube with side length 'a', P and Q are mid- A1 D1
points of the edges A1 B1 and B1C1 respectively. Using vectors find C1
the distance of the vertex D from the plane PBQ. B1

A D

B C
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24. Find the P.V. of the mirror image of the point A with P.V. a in the plane r .nˆ  p .
25. Find the distance of the point with P.V. 4 ˆi  2jˆ  3kˆ from plane perpendicular to the vector ˆi  ˆj and passing through a
point with P.V. ˆj  kˆ . Also find PV's of foot of perpendicular and the image of the point in the plane.
26. Find the length of perpendicular from ˆi  2ˆj  5kˆ on the line through 3iˆ  4ˆj + 5 k̂ and parallel to the vector
2iˆ - 3 ĵ + 6 k̂ . Find also the PV's of the foot of perpendicular and the image.
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27. Show that the perpendicular distance of the point A( a ) from the line r = b  c is b   2 c  a .
|c|
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28. The vector i  j  k bisects the angle between the vectors c and 3i  4 j . Determine the unit vector along c .
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29. Show that the point of intersection of the three planes r.a 1, r .b 1, r .c 1 is ( b  c  c  a  a  b) /[a b c] .
30. An arc AC of a circle subtends a right angle at centre 'O'. The point B divides the arc in the ratio
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1 : 2. If OB = b, OA  a then find OC in terms of a and b .
31. A plane passes through the vertex 'A' of the base ABC of a triangular paramid SABC, bisects the median SK of the SAB
and cuts the median SL of the SAC at point D such that 2SD = DL. In what ratio does the plane divide the volume of the
paramid.
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32 If u, v, w are three non-coplanar unit vectors and , ,  are the angles between u & v, v&w, w &u respectively and x, y, z
are unit vectors along the bisectors of the angles , ,  respectively. Prove that:
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[ x  y, y  z,z  x] 
[u, v, w] sec sec sec .
16 2 2 2
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33. Incident is along the unit vector v and the reflected ray is along the unit vector w. The normal is along unit vector a
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outwards. Express w in terms of a and v .
34. Let the area of a given triangle ABC be . Point A1, B1 and C1 are the mid-points of the sides BC, CA and AB
respectively. Point A2 is the mid-point of CA1. Lines C1A1 and AA2 meet the median BB1 at points E and D respectively.
If 1 be the area of the quadrilateral A1A2DE, using vectors prove that 1/ = 11/56.
35. Let I be the incentre of the triangle ABC. Using vectors prove that for any point P, a(PA)2 + b(PB)2 + C(PC)2
= a(IA)2 + b(IB)2 + c (IC)2 + (a + b + c) (IP)2 where a, b, c are sides of the triangle.
36. Prove in a tetrahedron that the lines joining vertices to the centroid of the opposite faces are concurrent.
37. Let ABCD be a tetrahedron and a point P is lying inside it. The vertices are joined to the point P and these lines are
PE PF PG PH
extended to meet the opposide faces at points E, F, G, H respectively. Prove that     1.
AE BF PC PD
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BC BA 1 
38. Let in a triangle ABC,    = BI then prove that the circumdiameter of the triangle is k (cot A/2 + cot C/2).
| BC | | BA | k
39. Prove that the angle between any edge and a face not containing the adge of a regular tetrahedron is cos-1 ( 1 / 3 ).
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40. Let O and H be respectively the circumcentre and the orthocentre of a triangle ABC then prove that OH  OA  OB  OC .
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Hence prove that | OH | = R 1  8cos Acos Bcos C .
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41. Considering the line r  a  b and the plane r.nˆ = p. Match I & II;
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I: (Conditions): (A) bˆ  nˆ ; (B) b.nˆ  0 ; (c) b.nˆ = 0, a.nˆ  p; (D) b.nˆ = 0, a.nˆ = p.
II: (Statements): (p) line lies completely in the plane (q) line perpendicular to the plane (r) line and plane never meet
(s) line and plane meet at one point.
42. The three edges from the same corner of a triangular prism are represented by the vectors 2jˆ  3kˆ , (2 + 1) ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ and
 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
 2 
i  j  2k then find the minimum possible volume of the prism.
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43. Find the maximum possible volume of the tetrahedron whose coterminous edges are represented by xiˆ  ˆj  2kˆ ,
2iˆ  xjˆ  4kˆ and 3iˆ  3jˆ + x k̂ , (0 < x < 3). Also find x at which the volume vanishes.
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44. Let u and v be two non-collinear unit vectors, angle between them is . If | u.v |  | u  w | where w is the unit vector
along the bisector of the angle , find the interval in which  lies.
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45. If 2 â + 3 b̂ + 5 ĉ = 0 then find the area of the triangle whose sides are represented by the vectors a, b, c .
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46. Let P be the point of intersection of the three planes r. n̂ 1 = 0, r.nˆ 2 = 1 and r . n̂ 3 = 2 where nˆ 1 , nˆ 2 and n̂ 3 are along
2ˆj  kˆ , 5 ˆi  12ˆj and 3 ˆi  4kˆ respectively. Find the projection of OP on z-axis (O being origin).
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47. Let a =3 î + 2 ĵ + 5 k̂ , b̂ = ˆi  2jˆ  5kˆ , c  ˆi  ˆj - 3 k̂, d = ˆi  ˆj  4kˆ . L1 and L2 be the lines passing through
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respectively the points with P.V. a and c and parallel to respectively b and d . Prove that the lines L1 and L2 do not meet
if   2.
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48. The volume of the parallelopiped whose sides are given by OA  2i  2 j,OB  i  j  k,OC  3i  k is
(A) 4/13 (B) 4 (C) 2/7 (D) None of these
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49. If a, b, c are non coplanar unit vectors such that a  b  c 
2
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, then the angle between a and b is

3  
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
4 4 2
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50. Let u, v and w be vectors such that u  v  w  0 . If u  3, v  4 and w  5 , then u.v  v.w  w.u is
(A) 47 (B) –25 (C) 0 (D) 25
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51. Let a, b, c be three non–coplanar vectors and p,q, r are vectors defined by the relations p     , q     ,r  
a b c  a b c  a b c 
     
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   
then the value of the expression a  b .p  b  c .q   c  a  . r is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
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52. Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , b  ˆi  2jˆ  kˆ and a unit vector c be coplanar. If c is perpendicular to a , then c =
1 1 1 ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(A)
2
 ˆj  kˆ  (B)
3
 ˆi  ˆj  kˆ  (C)
5

i  2j  (D)
3
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i  jk 
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53. If a, b and c are unit vectors, then a  b  b  c  c  a does NOT exceed
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6
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54. Let V  2i  j  k and W  i  3k . If U is a unit vector, then the maximum value of the scalar triple product UVW is
(A) –1 (B) 10  6 (C) 59 (D) 60
2 ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
55. The number of distinct real values of , for which the vectors -  i  j  k , i   j  k and i  ˆj   2 kˆ are coplanar, is
2ˆ ˆ ˆ
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three
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56.
 ˆ b  iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ and c  ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ be three vectors. A vector in the plane of b and c , whose projection on a
Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  k,
2
is of magnitude is
3
(A) 2iˆ  3jˆ  3kˆ (B) 2iˆ  3jˆ  3kˆ (C) 2iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ (D) 2iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ
57. Let A be vector parallel to line of intersection of planes P1 and P2 through origin. P1 is parallel to the vectors
2ˆj  3kˆ and 4ˆj  3kˆ and P2 is parallel to ˆj  kˆ and 3iˆ  3jˆ , then the angle between vectors A and 2iˆ  ˆj – 2 k̂ is
(A) /2 (B) /4 (C) /6 (D) 3/4
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58. Let A  2 i  k, B  i  j  k , and C  4i  3 j  7k . Determine a vector R . Satisfying R  B  C  B and R.A  0 .
59. Determine the value of ‘c’ so that for all real x, the vector c xiˆ  6ˆj  3kˆ and xiˆ  2ˆj  2cxkˆ make an obtuse angle with each
other.
60. Show, by vector methods, that the angular bisectors of a triangle are concurrent and find an expression for the position
vector of the point of concurrent in terms of the position vectors of the vertices.
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61. Let the vectors PQ, QR, RS, ST, TU and UP represent the sides of a regular hexagon.
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STATEMENT-1: PQ   RS  ST   0 . because
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STATEMENT – 2: PQ  RS  0 and PQ  ST  0 .
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement -1 is False, statement-2 is True.
62. The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non–coplanar unit vectors a, ˆ ˆ such that
ˆ b,c
1
aˆ .bˆ  b.c
ˆ ˆ  c.a
ˆ ˆ
2
Then, the volume of the parallelopiped is
1 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 3
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63. Let Two non-collinear unit vector â and b̂ form an acute angle. A point P moves so that at any time t the position vector
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ˆ
OP (where O is the origin) is given by â cos t  bsin t . Where P is farthest from origin O, let M be the length of OP and û
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be the unit vector along OP . Then,
â  bˆ ˆ 1/ 2 â  bˆ ˆ 1/ 2
(A) û  and M = (1 + â.b) (B) û  and M = (1 + â.b)
| aˆ  bˆ | | aˆ  bˆ |
â  bˆ ˆ 1/ 2 â  bˆ ˆ 1/ 2
(C) û  and M = (1 + 2 â.b) (D) û  and M = (1 + 2 â.b)
| aˆ  bˆ | | aˆ  bˆ |
Z

O Y
X

64. Find the distance, foot of perpendicular drawn and the image of the point (1, 2, 3) w.r.t. the plane 2x – y + 3z + 5 = 0.
x2 y 1 z  2
65. Find the distance, foot of perpendicular drawn and the image of the point (1, 2, 3) w.r.t. the line = = .
1 2 1
66. Find locus of the centroid of the triangle where a variable plane passing through (, , ), meets the coordinate axes.
67. Find locus of the centroid of the triangle where a variable plane which is at a distance d units from the origin, meets the
coordinate axes.
x  3 y  2 z 1
68. Find the distance of the point (1, 2, 4) from the plane 6x – 3y + 2z + 3 = 0 in the direction of the line   .
2 1 2
69. Find DC’s of a line perpendicular to the two lines with DR’s (1, 2, –2) and (2, –3, 6).
70. Find perpendicular distance of P(0, –1, 3) from the line through A(1, –3, 2) & B(2,–1,4).
x 1 y  2 z  3 x2 y4 z 5
71. Find shortest distance between the lines   and =  . Also find equation of the line of
2 3 4 3 4 5
shortest distance.
72. Let A  (1, 2, 3), B  (–2, 4, 1). Find a point P on the plane 2x – y + 3z + 4 = 0 such that PA + PB is minimum. Find the
point P if B is (2, 4, 1).
73. Find image of the plane x + 2y + 3z = 4 in the plane 2x + 3y – z = 5.
74. A triangle is so placed that the mid–points of sides are on axes. Equation of the plane containing the triangle is
x y z 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
   1 . Prove that 8 = b + c – a , 8 = c + a – b and 8 = a + b – c where a, b, c are the sides of the
  
triangle.
x y z
75. The plane   = 1 meets the X, Y, Z axes in A, B, C. Prove that the plane through OX and perpendicular to BC is by
a b c
= cZ. Again show that the planes through OX, OY, OZ at right angles to BC, CA, AB respectively pass through the line
 a 1 b 1 c 1 
ax = by = cz and co–ordinates of orthocentre of ABC are  2 2 2
, 2 2 2
, 2 2 2 
.
 a  b  c a  b  c a  b  c 
76. Let P be a variable point on the plane lx + my + nz = p. Now a point Q on the line joining origin (O) to point P is such
that OPOQ = p2, Prove that locus of Q is (lx + my + nz)p = x2 + y2 + z2 .
77. A plane meets the coordinate axes in a triangle ABC. Prove that the squares of the DC’s of the plane are cotB cotC, cotC
cotA & cotA cotB.
78. The plane ax + by = 0 is rotated about its line of intersection with the plane z = 0 through an angle . Prove that the
equation of the plane in its new position is ax + by   
a 2  b 2 tan  z =0.

1 2 2
79. Sides of a  are a 2  b 2 , b2  c 2 , c2  a 2 . Prove that the area of the  is a b  b 2c 2  c 2a 2 .
2
80. Show that the lines whose d.c. are given by l + m + n = 0 and 2mn + 3ln – 5lm = 0 are at right angles.

81. Prove that the straight lines whose DC’s are li, mi, ni (i = 1, 2) are roots of al + bm + cn = 0 and fmn + gnl + hlm = 0 are
f g h
perpendicular if    0.
a b c
82. Prove that the straight lines whose DC’s are li, mi, ni (i = 1, 2) are roots of al + bm + cn = 0 and fmn + gnl + hlm = 0 are
parallel if af  bg  ch = 0.
83. A variable plane makes intercepts on the axes such that the sum of their squares is a constant and is equal to k2. Show that
the locus of the foot of perpendicular from origin to the plane is (x–2 + y–2 + z–2) (x2 + y2 + z2)2 = k2.
84. Prove that the point (2, 1, -1) lies in the obtuse angle formed by the planes 2x - 3y + 4z - 2 = 0 and 3x + 4y + z + 1 = 0.
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x 1 y  1 z 1 x 3 y k z
85. If the lines   and   intersect, then the value of k is
2 3 4 1 2 1
3 9 2 3
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
2 2 9 2
86. (i) Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0), (5, 0, 1) and (4, 1, 1).
(ii) If P is the point (2, 1, 6) then find the point Q such that PQ is perpendicular to the plane in (i) and the mid
point of PQ lies on it.
87. Find the equation of plane passing through (1,1,1) and parallel to the lines L1, L2 having direction ratios (1,0,–1),(1,–1,0).
Find the volume of tetrahedron formed by origin and the points where these planes intersect the coordinate axes.
88. P1 and P2 are planes passing through origin. L1 and L2 are two line on P1 and P2 respectively such that their intersection is
origin. Show that there exists points A, B, C, whose permutation A, B, C can be chosen such that (i) A is on L1, B on P1
but not on L1 and C not on P1 (ii) A is on L2 , B on P2 but not on L2 and C not on P2.
1
89. Find the equation of the plane containing the line 2x – y + z – 3 = 0, 3x + y + z = 5 and at a distance of from the
6
point (2, 1, –1).
1 1 1
90. If the vectors aiˆ  ˆj  k,
ˆ ˆi  bjˆ  kˆ and ˆi  ˆj  ckˆ  a  b  c  1 are coplanar, then the value of   
1  a  1  b  1  c 
91. Let a and b be two non–collinear unit vectors. If u = a – (a . b) and v = a × b, then v
(A) |u| (B) |u| + |u.a| (C) |u| + |u.b| (D) |u| + u. (a + b)
92. The number of distinct real values of , for which the vectors - 2 ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , ˆi   2 ˆj  kˆ and ˆi  ˆj   2 kˆ are coplanar,
is
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three
      
93. Let a, b, c be unit vectors such that a  b  c  0 . Which one of the following is correct?
             
(A) a  b  b  c  c  a  0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a  0
            
(C) a  b  b  c  a  c  0 (D) a  b, b  c, c  a are mutually perpendicular
x4 y2 zk
94. The value of k such that   lies in the plane 2x – 4y + z = 7, is
1 1 2
(A) 7 (B) –7 (C) no real value (D) 4
 
95. ˆ b  b ˆi  b ˆj  b kˆ and c  c ˆi  c ˆj  c kˆ be three non–zero vectors such that c is a unit vector
Let a  a1ˆi  a 2 ˆj  a 3k, 1 2 3 1 2 3

a a a
  1 2 3

perpendicular to both the vectors a and b . If the angle between a and b is , then b1 b 2 b3 is equal to

6
c1 c2 c3
(A) 0 (B) 1
1 2 3 2
(C)
4
 a1  a 22  a 32  b12  b 22  b32  (D)
4
 a1  a 22  a 32  b12  b22  b32  c12  c 22  c32 
96. Consider the following linear equation
ax + by + cz = 0
bx + cy + az = 0
cx + ay + bz = 0
Match the conditions/expressions in Column-I with statements in Column II and indicate your answer by darkening the
appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS.
Column I Column II
(A) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca (p) the equations represent planes meeting only at a
single point
(B) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca (q) the equations represent the line x = y= z
(C) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca (r) the equations represent identical planes.
(D) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca (s) the equations represent the whole of the three
dimensional space.
Write-up (97-99)
x 1 y  2 z 1 x 2 y  2 z 3
Consider the lines : L1 :   ; L2 :  
3 1 2 1 2 3
97. The unit vector perpendicular to both L1 and L2 is
ˆi  7jˆ  7kˆ ˆi  7ˆj  5kˆ ˆi  7jˆ  5kˆ 7iˆ  7ˆj  kˆ
(A) (B) (C) (D)
99 5 3 5 3 99
98. The shortest distance between L1 and L2 is
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17 41 17
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
3 5 3 5 3
99. The distance of the point (1, 1, 1) from the plane passing through the point (–1, –2, –1) and whose normal is perpendicular
to both the lines L1 and L2 is
2 7 13 23
(A) (B) (C) (D)
75 75 75 75
100. The unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by P(1, –1, 2), Q (2, 0, –1) and R(0, 2, 1) is …..
101. The area of the triangle whose vertices are A(1, –1, 2), B(2, 1, –1), C(3, –1, 2) is ………….
      
102. Let OA = a , OB = 10 a + 2 b and OC = b where O, A and C are non–collinear points. Let p denote the
area of the quadrilateral OABC, and let q denote the area of the parallelogram with OA and OC as adjacent
sides. If p = kq, then k =
x  2 y 1 z  2
103. Also find the point of intersection of and angle between the line = = and the plane 2x–y + 3z + 5 = 0.
1 2 1
104. Find equation of the following lines in symmetric form : (i) 2x - 3y + 6z = 9, 6x + 2y + 3z = 7
(ii) 2x - 3y = 0, 4x + 5z = 3
(iii) 2x - 5y = 4, z = 1
105. In a cube find (i) angle between a diagonal of the cube and a diagonal of a face of the cube
(ii) the ratio of the distance of a corner from a diagonal not passing through it and the length of a side of the cube.
Answers to (Assignment-Vector & 3D)
3. 2:5 8 2
6. 4:7 43. Vmax = ;x=2 2 72. (-25/14, 27/7, 8/7);(7/20,79/20, -1/4).
   9 3
[d, b,c] 73. 5x - y + 26z - 3 = 0
7. (i) x =    , 44. (0, /3]
[a,b, c] 85. (B)
45. zero
      46. 11/2
86. (i) x + y – 2z = 3 (ii) Q(6, 5, –2)
[a,d, c] [a, b, d] 87. x + y + z = 3; 9/2 cubic units
y=    ,z=    48. (D)
[a, b, c] [a, b, c] 89. 62x + 29y + 19z –105 = 0
     49. (A)
90. 1
 (a.b) a  b  a  b 50. (C)
(ii) r   91. (A, C)
1 | a |2 51. (D)
       92. (C)
 p  p  q  (| p |2 1)p  p  q 52. (A)
(iii) a   2 ; b   2 93. (B)
|p| |p| 53. (B)
94. (A)
14. (-1, 3, 3, ) or (3, -1, -1) 54. (C)
95. (C)
55. (C)
15. (8i - 2j - 2 k̂ )/2 2 96. (A-r), (B-q) , (C-p) (D-s)
56. (A, C)
16. 7/2 97. (B)
57. (B, D)
18. /2, /3, /6 98. (D)
58. ˆi  8jˆ  2kˆ 99. (C)
19.  = 2n + /2, nI;  =1
  4
2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
22. m = 2 î + 8 ĵ - 3 k̂ , n = ĵ + 2 k̂ . 59.  c0 100.
3
23. (4/3) a. 6
  61. (C)
24. a  2| p  a .nˆ |nˆ .
62. (A) 101. 13
3 63. (A) 102. 6
25. ; (11 ˆi  ˆj  9kˆ )/2; 7 î - ĵ - 3 k̂ .
2  1 
64. 14 ; foot (-1, 3, 0); image (-3,4,-3) 103. (-8, 13, 8), sin -1  
2 94737 65. 11 ; foot (-2, 1, 2); image (-5, 0, 1)  84 
26. ; foot (1/49) 39 20
49    x y
66.   =3 22 11 z 0
(151 î + 190 ĵ + 257 k̂ )); image x y z 104. (i)  
21 30 22
(1/49 (351 î + 478 ĵ + 759 k̂ )). 1 1 1 9 3y 5z  3
67. 2
 2 2 2 (ii) x = 
5iˆ  2ˆj  14kˆ x y z d 2 4
28. 68. 3
15 x  0 5y  4 z  1
  6 10 7 (iii)  
30. – 3a  2b 69. , , 1 2 0
185 185 185 105. (i) cos-1 2 /3 (ii) 2 /3
31. 1 : 14.
    29
33. w  v  2(a.v) a . 70.
41. (A-q,s) (B-s), (C-r), (D-p) 3
1 x  5 / 3 y  3 z  13 / 3
42. ( 3 + 1)/3 71. ,  
6 1 2 1