ASSIGNMENT (CYLINDER)

1. The radius of a normal section of a right cir cular cylinder is 2 units , the axis lies along the line
Find its equation.
2. Find the equation of the right circular cylinder whose axis is and radius 4.
3. Show that the foot of the perpendicular from the point on the line
is . Deduce the equation of a right cir cular cylinder of radius having its axis
along the given line.
4. Find the equation of the cylinder whose generators are parallel to the line and whose
guiding curve is the ellipse
5. Find the equation of the right circular cylinder of radius 2 and whose axis is the line

6. The axis of a right circular cylinder of radius 2 is

Show that its equation is

7. Find the equation to the cylinder whose generators are parallel to and which intersects the
ellipse .
8. Find the equation of the cylinder whose generators are parallel to z-axis and passing through the curve

9. Find the equation of the right circular cylinder of radius 3 and having for its axis the line

10. Find the right cir cular cylinder whose guiding curve is the circle passing through the three points (a,0 ,0),
(0,b,0) and (0,0,c). Find also the axis of the cylinder.

ANSWERS
1. 26
2. 5
3. 2
4. 3
5. 5

7. 12
8.
9. 5
10. ( ;