MATRIX ACADEMY

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Time : 60 Min Maths : Three Dimensions Geometry Marks : 100
Hints and Solutions

01) Ans: A) 90

x 1 y  3 z  2  18 2 
Sol: Equation of AB is   …..(i) 08) Ans: C) cos 1 
3 0 3  35 
 
x 1 y  3 z  2
and that of AC is   .....(ii) a1a 2  b1b2  c1c2
4 2 4 Sol: We know, cos  
 12  0  12  a12  b12  c12 a 22  b22  c22
 A  cos 1    90
o

 9  9 16  4  16 
(2)(3)  (3)(4)  (6)(5)
cos 
02) Ans: C) bcx  cay  abz  0 2  32  (6)2 . 32  (4)2  (5)2
2

Sol: A(0, b, c) in yz-plane and B(a, 0, c) in  18 2 

18 2
zx-plane. cos      cos 1  
Plane through O is px  qy  rz  0. It passes
35  35 
through A and B.
09) Ans: A) 2x  6y  3z  49
 0p  qb  rc  0 and pa  0q  rc  0
Sol: The distance of point P from origin is
p q r
   k OP  4  36  9  7
bc ca ab
Now, direction ratios of OP  2  0, 6  0, 3  0 =2,6,3
 p  bck, q  cak and r  abk.
2 6 3
 Required plane is bcx  cay  abz  0  direction cosines of OP = , ,
7 7 7
 Equation of plane in normal form is
x  y  z  
03) Ans: A)   lx  my  nz  p
a b c
2 6 3
Sol: It is the line passing through (, ,  ) and  x  y  z  7  2x  6y  3z  49
7 7 7
whose direction cosines are a, b, c.
10) Ans: D) None of these
04) Ans: D) 5
Sol: By finding the angle between the lines PQ and
Sol: Let parallel plane be 2x  2y  z    0 . It RS, none of these is possible.
passes through (1, -2,3).
  9 11) Ans: D) (-1, -1, -1)
The distance of (-1, 2,0) from the
2  4  9 12) Ans: C) pp'+rr'+1=0
plane 2x  2y  z  9  0 is 5 Sol: Given pair of lines x  py  q
3
xq
 y ...(i)
05) Ans: B) perpendicular to z-axis. p
and z  ry  s
 13  z s
06) Ans: D)  0, , 2  y ...(ii)
 5  r
 3  3 From Eqs. (i) and (ii),
Sol: Ratio =   
 2  2 x q y o z s
  ...(iii)
 Required co-ordinates of the points are p 1 r
 6  6 10  3 14  24   13  Also, x  p y  q

 5 , 5 , 5    0, 5 , 2  x  q
   
 y ...(iv)
p
07) Ans: C) tan1 2 and z  ry  s
Sol: If three edges of the cube are along x, y and z, z  s
then diagonal has DR's 1,1,1 and edge along x-axis  y ...(v)
r
has DR's 1,0,0.
From Eqs.(iv) and (v),
1
The angle between them is cos 1  tan1 2
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x  q  y  o z  s  12 12 12   24 36 48 
  ...(vi) is  2  , 3 , 4  or  , , .
p 1 r  29 29 29   29 29 29 
As, line (iii) and (vi) are perpendicular.
  p p  11   r  r  0  l1l2  m1m2  n1n2  0  18) Ans: A) x  3  y  2  z  4
Sol: The required equation of line is
pp  rr  1  0 (x  3) y  2 z  4
  .
1 1 1

13) Ans: D) 1<k<2 19) Ans: D) 0

Sol: Substituting the coordinates of the points in Sol: The planes are perpendicular, if
the equation 2x+3y-2z-k=0, we 6  6  2k  0  k  0 .
get (2  6 - 6 - k) (4 - 3 - k)  0  (k-1) (k-2)<0
Therefore,1<k<2 3 12 4
20) Ans: A) , ,
13 13 13
14) Ans: D) 17x  47y  24z  172  0 Sol: The required direction cosines are
Sol: The equation of plane in which the line 3 12 4
, ,
x 5 y 7 z 3 32  122  42 32  122  42 32  122  42
  lies, is
4 4 5 3 12 4
A(x  5)  B(y  7)  C(z  3)  0 ……(i)  , ,
13 13 13
where 4A  4B  5C  0 ……(ii)
x 8 y 4 z 5 1
Also, as line   lies in this plane, 21) Ans: A) l  m  n 
7 1 3 3
 7A  B  3C  0 ……(iii) Sol: Since, it is given that line makes equal angle
A B C with the coordinate axes.
From (ii) and (iii), we get,  
17 47 24 l  m  n
 The required plane is 1
17(x  5)  47(y  7)  (24)(z  3)  0 We know, l2  m2  n2  1  3l2 1 l2 
3
 17x  47y  24z  172  0. 1
l (neglect -ve sign)
3
15) Ans: B) x  y  z  0
Sol: From given, z  x  y i.e. x  y  z  0 . 22) Ans: C) 3
2  6  10  9
16) Ans: A) a, b, c Sol: Distance, D  3
1 4  4
Sol: Here, co-ordinates of A, B, C are respectively
(3a, 0, 0), (0, 3b, 0) and (0, 0, 3c).
 4 3 2 
 Centroid is (a, b, c). 23) Ans: C)  , , 
 29 29 29 
Sol: The equation of a plane passing through origin
 24 36 48 
17) Ans: C)  , ,  is ax  by  cz  0, but it also passes through
 29 29 29 
(1,  2,  1) and (3,  2, 3) ,
Sol: Firstly, determine the equation of line passing
through  x1, y1, z1  and perpendicular to the given  a  2b  c  0 and 3a  2b  3c  0 .
3c
x  x1 y  y1 z  z1  a  2c and b  
plane is    t (say). 2
a b c
3c
Next, we determine any point on the line which lies  Plane is 2cx  y  cz  0  4x  3y  2z  0
on the plane and solve it. 2
Given plane is 2x+3y+4z-12=0 ...(i)  4 3 2 
 Direction cosines of plane are  , , .
The direction ratios of normal are 2,3 and 4.  29 29 29 
Also,  22  32   42  29
24) Ans: C) 3, 11, 5
Equation of the line through origin and at right
Sol: As direction ratios of line is also the direction
x  0 y  0 z 1
angles to Eq. (i) are   . ratios of normal to the plane,
2 3 4  Required coefficient of x, y and z will be
Any point on this line is (2t, 3t, 4t). This point lies (4  1), (13  2), (5  0) i.e. (3,11, 5) .
in the plane (i), if 2(2t)+3(3t)+4(4t)-12=0 i.e.,
12 25) Ans: A) x-axis
t
29 Sol: The graph of y 2  z 2  0 is y  0, z  0 ,
Therefore, the required foot of perpendicular
which represents x-axis.
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