MATHEMATICS : VIKAS GUPTA SIR TOPIC : VECTOR & 3D

ASSIGNMENT-4
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1. a , b, c and d are the position vectors of the points A  (x, y, z) ; B  (y, – 2z, 3x) ; C  (2z, 3x, – y) and

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D(1,–1, 2) respectively. If | a | = 2     ^
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3 ; a b = a^c  ; a d = 2 and a ĵ is obtuse, then find x, y,, z.

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2. Given four non zero vectors a , b , c and d . The vectors a , b & c are coplanar but not collinear pair by
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pair and vector d is not coplanar with vectors a , b & c and (a b)  (b c)  , (da)  , (db)   then
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prove that ( d c)  cos (cos   cos  ) .

3. In the plane of a triangle ABC, squares ACXY, BCWZ are described , in the order given, externally to the
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triangle on AC & BC respectively. Given that CX  b , CA  a , CW  x , CB  y . Prove that
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a.y  x.b  0 . Deduce that AW . BX  0 .

4.
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Consider a parallelogram ABCD. Let M be the centre of line segment

intersection of the line segment AM and the diagonal

BC and S denote the point of

BD . Find the ratio of the area of the parallelogram

to the area of the triangle BMS.

5.
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The length of the edge of the regular tetrahedron D  ABC is 'a' . Point E and F are taken on the edges AD
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and BD respectively such that E divides DA and F divides BD in the ratio 2:1 each . Then find the area
of triangle CEF.

6. The vector
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OP = î  2ˆj  2k̂ turns through a right angle, passing through the positive x-axis on the way..
Find the vector in its new position.

7.     
The pv's of the four angular points of a tetrahedron are: A j  2 k ; B 3 i  k ; C 4 i  3 j  6 k 
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& D 2 i  3 j  2 k . Find :
(i) the perpendicular distance from A to the line BC.
(ii) the volume of the tetrahedron ABCD.
(iii) the perpendicular distance from D to the plane ABC.
(iv) the shortest distance between the lines AB & CD.

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8. The length of an edge of a cube ABCDA1B1C1D1 is equal to unity. A point E taken on the edge AA 1 is

 1   1
such that AE = 3 . A point F is taken on the edge BC such that BF = 4 . If O1 is the centre of the

cube, find the shortest distance of the vertex B1 from the plane of the  O1EF.

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9. Find the point R in which the line AB cuts the plane CDE where
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a = î  2ˆj  k̂ , b = 2î  ˆj  2k̂ , c =  4 ˆj  4k̂ , d = 2î  2ˆj  2k̂ & e = 4î  ˆj  2k̂ .

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10. If a  a1î  a 2 ĵ  a 3k̂ ; b  b1î  b 2 ĵ  b3k̂ and c  c1î  c 2 ĵ  c3k̂ then show that the value of the
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  a · î a · ĵ a · k̂
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scalar triple product [ na  b nb  c n c  a ] is (n3 + 1) b · î b · ĵ b · k̂
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c · î c · ĵ c · k̂
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11. (b) Given that a,b,p,q are four vectors such that a  b   p , b .q  0 & ( b ) 2  1 , where µ is a scalar
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then prove that ( a .q ) p  ( p .q ) a  p .q .

12. ABCD is a tetrahedron with pv's of its angular points as A(–5, 22, 5); B(1, 2, 3); C(4, 3, 2) and
D(–1, 2, – 3). If the area of the triangle AEF where the quadrilaterals ABDE and ABCF are parallelograms
is S then find the value of S.

A  B x A  C x Bx C .B  C  0 .

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13. If A , B & C are vectors such that | B |  | C | , Prove that:

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VIBRANT ACADEMY
14. Find the scalars  &  if a x ( bx c)  (a . b) b  (4  2  sin  ) b  ( 2  1) c & ( c . c) a  c while b & c
are non zero non collinear vectors.

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15. Find a vector v which is coplanar with the vectors i  j  2 k & i  2 j  k and is orthogonal to the
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vector  2 i  j  k . It is given that the projection of v along the vector i  j  k is equal to 6 3 .

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Consider the non zero vectors a , b , c & d such that no three of which are coplanar then prove that

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       
a b cd  c a b d  b a cd  d a b c . Hence prove that if a , b , c & d represent the position vectors of

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   
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b cd  a b d
 1 .
   
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the vertices of a plane quadrilateral then
a cd  a b c

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     p 2 b  (b . a ) a  p(b xa )
17. (a) If px  ( x  a )  b ; ( p  0) prove that x  2 .
p (p  a )
2

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(b) Solve the following equation for the vector p ; px a  p . b c  b x c where a , b , c are non zero non

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   a bc 
coplanar vectors and a is neither perpendicular to b nor to c , hence show that  p  a    c 
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 a · c 
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is perpendicular to b  c .
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18. Solve the simultaneous vector equations for the vectors x and y .
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x  c  y  a and y  c  x  b where c is a non zero vector..

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 ANSWER KEY
5a 2
1. x = 2, y = – 2, z = – 2 4. 12 5. sq. units
s
12 3

4 1 1 6 3
6. î  ĵ  k̂ 7. (i) 14 (ii) 6 (iii) 10 (iv) 6
2 2 2 7 5

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8. 9. p.v. of R = r = 3i + 3k 12. 110
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14.  n  
( 1) n 
2
,n  I &  1 15. 
9  j  k 

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a bc   
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b.c b
    
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b. b c 
(b) p      a  c  b       
     
17.
 a . c  a . b a .b a .b 

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 a  ( c. a ) c  b  c b  ( c. b) c  a  c

VIBRANT ACADEMY
18. x  , y 
1  c2 1  c2

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