THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

REVISION

Answer each of the following questions in one word or one sentence or as per exact
requirement of the question:

Q 1. Define direction cosines of a directed line.

Q 2. What are the direction cosines of X-axis?
Q 3. What are the direction cosines of Y-axis?
Q 4. What are the direction cosines of Z-axis?
Q 5. Write the distances of the point (7, - 2,3) from XY, YZ and XZ-planes.
Q 6. Write the distance of the point (3, - 5,12) from X-axis?
Q 7. Write the ratio in which YZ-plane divides the segment joining P (- 2,5,9) and Q(3, -2, 4).
Q 8. A line makes an angle of 60° with each of X-axis and Y-axis. Find the acute angle made
by the line with Z-axis.
Q 9. If a line makes angles ,  and  with the coordinate axes, find the value of cos 2 + cos
2 + cos 2.
Q 10. Write the ratio in which the line segment joining (a, b, c) and (- a, - c, - b) is divided by
the xy-plane.
Q 11. Write the inclination of a line with Z-axis, if its direction ratios are proportional to 0,1,-1.
Q 12. Write the angle between the lines whose direction ratios are proportional to 1, - 2,1 and 4,
3, 2.
Q 13. Write the distance of the point P (x, y, z) from XOY plane.
Q 14. Write the coordinates of the projection of point P (x, y, z) on XOZ-plane.
Q 15. Write the coordinates of the projection of the point P (2, - 3,5) on Y-axis.
Q 16. Find the distance of the point (2,3,4) from the x-axis. [CBSE 2010]
Q 17. Show that the line through points (4,7, 8) and (2,3,4) is parallel to the line through the
points (- 1, - 2,1) and (1, 2, 5).
Q 18. Show that the line through the points (1, -1, 2) and (3, 4, - 2) is perpendicular to the line
through the points (0, 3, 2) and (3, 5, 6).
Q 19. Find the angle between the vectors with direction ratios 1, - 2, 1 and 4, 3, 2.
Q 20. Find the angle between the vectors whose direction cosines are proportional to 2, 3,-6 and
3, - 4, 5. [CBSE 2012]