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In Maths Class 11 “Introduction to Three-Dimensional Geometry” chapter students will learn about the coordinates of a point, how to find the coordinates of a point in a given space, coordinate planes and coordinate axes in a three-dimension, Cartesian coordinate system, the distance between two points and section formula, and much more.
Question 1:
In Fig., if P is (2, 4, 5), find the co-ordinates of F.
Answer:
For the point F, the distance measured along
OY = 0.
Hence, the co-ordinates of F are (2, 0, 5).
Question 2:
Find the octant in which the points (–3, 1, 2) and (–3, 1, –2) lie.
Answer:
The point (–3, 1, 2) lies in second octant.
The point (–3, 1, –2) lies in sixth octant.
Question 3:
Find the distance between the points P(1, –3, 4) are Q(–4, 1, 2).
Answer:
The given points are P(1, –3, 4) and
Q(– 4, 1, 2).
∴ Distance between P and Q = |PQ|
Question 4:
Show that the points P(–2, 3, 5), Q(1, 2, 3) and R(7, 0, –1) are collinear.
Answer:
Question 5:
Are the points A(3, 6, 9), B(10, 20, 30) and C(25, –41, 5), the vertices of a right-angled triangle ?
Answer:
Question 6:
Answer:
Question 7:
Find the co-ordinates of the point, which divides the line segment joining the points (1, –2, 3) and (3, 4, –5) in the ratio 2 : 3 internally
Answer:
Let A(1, –2, 3) and B(3, 4, –5) be the given points.
Let P(x, y, z) be the point, which divides the line segment
[AB] in the ratio 2 : 3.
∴ The co-ordinates of P are :
Question 8:
Find the co-ordinates of the point, which divides the line segment joining the points (1, –2, 3) and (3, 4, –5) in the ratio 2 : 3 externally
Answer:
Let A(1, –2, 3) and B(3, 4, –5) be the given points.
Similarly let Q(x, y, z) be the point, which divides the
line segment [AB] in the ratio – 2 : 3
∴ The co-ordinates of Q are :
Question 9:
Using section formula, prove that the three points (– 4, 6, 10), (2, 4, 6) and (14, 0, –2) are collinear.
Answer:
Let A (– 4, 6, 10) ; B (2, 4, 6) and C (14, 0, – 2) be
the given points.
Let C divide [AB] in the ratio k : 1.
Then the co-ordinates of C are :
Thus C (14, 0, – 2) is a point, which divides [AB]
externally in the ratio 3 : 2.
Hence, A, B and C are collinear.
Question 10:
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Question 11:
Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (4, 8, 10) and (6, 10, –8) is divided by the YZ-plane.
Answer:
Let A(4, 8, 10) and B(6, 10, –8) be the given
points.
Let P(x, y, z) divide the line segment [AB] in the ratio
k : 1.
Question 12:
Show that the points A(1, 2, 3), B(–1, –2, –1) and C(2, 3, 2) and D(4, 7, 6) and the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, but it is not a rectangle.
Answer:
Question 13:
Find the equation of the set of points P such that its distances from the points A (3, 4, – 5) and B (– 2, 1, 4) are equal.
Answer:
Let P (x, y, z) be any point such that
|PA | = | PB |, where A (3, 4, – 5) and B (– 2, 1, 4) are given
points.
Now | PA | = | PB |
Question 14:
The centroid of a triangle ABC is at the point (1, 1, 1). If the co-ordinates of A and B are (3, – 5, 7) and (–1, 7, – 6) respectively, then find the coordinates of the point C.
Answer:
Question 15:
A point is on x-axis. What are the y-co-ordinate and z-co-ordinate ?
Answer:
Here y-co-ordinate = z-co-ordinate = 0, each.
Question 16:
A point is in the XZ-plane. What can you say about its y-co-ordinate ?
Answer:
y-co-ordinate = 0.
Question 17:
Name the octant in which the following point lie :
(1, 2, 3)
Answer:
Octant I
Question 18:
Name the octant in which the following point lie :
(4, – 2, 3)
Answer:
Octant IV
Question 19:
Name the octant in which the following point lie :
(4, – 2, – 5)
Answer:
Octant VIII
Question 20:
Name the octant in which the following point lie :
(4, 2, – 5)
Answer:
Octant V
Question 21:
Name the octant in which the following point lie :
(– 4, 2, – 5)
Answer:
Octant VI
Question 22:
Name the octant in which the following point lie :
(– 4, 2, 5)
Answer:
Octant II
Question 23:
Name the octant in which the following point lie :
(–3, – 1, 6)
Answer:
Octant III
Question 24:
Name the octant in which the following point lie :
(2, – 4, – 7)
Answer:
Octant VIII
Question 25:
The x-axis and y-axis, taken together, determine a plane, known as ................
Answer:
XY-plane
Question 26:
The co-ordinates of points in the XY-plane are of the form .............
Answer:
(a, b, 0)
Question 27:
Co-ordinate planes divide the space into ............ octants.
Answer:
eight
Question 28:
Find the distance between the following pair of points :
(2, 3, 5) and (4, 3, 1)
Answer:
Let A (2, 3, 5) and B (4, 3, 1) be the given pair of points.
Then
Question 29:
Find the distance between the following pair of points :
(– 3, 7, 2) and (2, 4, – 1)
Answer:
Let A (– 3, 7, 2) and B (2, 4, – 1) be the given pair of points.
Then
Question 30:
Find the distance between the following pair of points :
(– 1, 3, – 4) and (1, –3, 4)
Answer:
Let A (– 1, 3, – 4) and B(1, – 3, 4) be the given pair of points.
Then
Question 31:
Find the distance between the following pair of points :
(2, –1, 3) and (– 2, 1, 3)
Answer:
Question 32:
Show that the points (–2, 3, 5), (1, 2, 3) and (7, 0, – 1) are collinear.
Answer:
Let A(– 2, 3, 5), B (1, 2, 3) and C (7, 0, –1) be the given points.
Question 33:
Verify the following :
(0, 7, –10), (1, 6, –6) and (4, 9, –6) are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
Answer:
Question 34:
Verify the following :
(0, 7, 10), (–1, 6, 6) and (– 4, 9, 6) are the vertices of a right angled triangle.
Answer:
Question 35:
Verify the following :
(–1, 2, 1), (1, –2, 5), (4, –7, 8) and (2, – 3, 4) are the vertices of a parallelogram.
Answer:
Question 36:
Find the equation of the set of points P, which are equidistant from (1, 2, 3) and (3, 2, – 1).
Answer:
Let A (1, 2, 3) and B (3, 2, – 1) be the given points.
Let P be the point (x, y, z).
Question 37:
Find the equation of the set of points P, the sum of whose distances from A (4, 0, 0) and B (–4, 0, 0) is equal to 10.
Answer:
Let P (x, y, z) be the given point.
By the question,
| PA | + | PB | = 10
Question 38:
Find the co-ordinates of the point, which divides the
line joining the points :
(–2, 3, 5) and (1, –4, 6) in the ratio :
2 : 3 internally
Answer:
Question 39:
Find the co-ordinates of the point, which divides the
line joining the points :
(–2, 3, 5) and (1, –4, 6) in the ratio :
2 : 3 externally
Answer:
Question 40:
Given that P(3, 2, –4), Q (5, 4, –6) and R(9, 8, –10) are collinear. Find the ratio in which Q-divides PR.
Answer:
Question 41:
Find the ratio in which the YZ-plane divides the line segment formed by joining the points (–2, 4, 7) and (3, –5, 8).
Answer:
Question 42:
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Question 43:
Find the co-ordinates of the points, which trisect the line segment joining the points P (4, 2, – 6) and Q (10, – 16, 6).
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