ANGLE BETWEEN TWO

PLANES
ANGLE BETWEEN TWO
PLANES

line of intersection

angle between planes

 Angle Between Planes
C

D Intersection line

A M B
Lines CM and DM are perpendicular to line AB

Angle between planes ABC and ABD is CMD

 Example

P
D N
C

A M B
In the diagram above, determine the angle between planes
Answers:
(a) / QMC
(a) ABQ and ABCD
(b) / PMQ
(b) ABP and ABQ (c) / MQN
(c) ABQ and DQC
 Example
E
M
H N
J D F
4 cm
G X
A
K C
6 cm Y
8 cm
B
Calculate the angle between planes of the following Answers:
(a) ACF and CDEF (a) / ACD
(b) CEH and ADEH (b) / CED
(c) ANB and EFGH (c) / KNJ
(d) BMC and CBGF (d) / MYX
 Example
V

5
cm
D
T C
O 8 cm

A M B
The diagram shows a pyramid, ABCD is a square of length 8 cm.
Given ABV, VBC, VCD ,VAD are isosceles triangles. Find the
(a) height of the pyramid
(b) angle between planes VAB and ABCD
(c) angle between VAB and VBC.
 Example
T
cm
12 X • S R
U
Y•
6 cm M

P 9 cm Q

Calculate the angle between planes of the following

(a) UMT and PSTU Answers:
(a) / MXY =
(b) UQR and PQRS
(b) / UQP =
(c) UMT and PQRS (c) / XMY =
(d) URP and PSTU (d) / SPR =