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CHAPTER – 11
INTRODUCTION TO THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

SIGNS OF COORDINATES OF A POINT :

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coordinate
x + - + - + - + -
y + + - - + + - -
z + + + + - - - -

Q1. If the coordinates of point a point P are , , , then

(i) Write the coordinates of the feet of the perpendiculars from the point P to the
coordinate axes.

(ii) Write the coordinates of the feet of the perpendiculars from the point P on the
coordinate planes XY, YZ and ZX.

(iii) Find the perpendicular distances of point P from XY, YZ and ZX-planes.

(iv) Find the perpendicular distances of the point P from the coordinate axes.

(v) Find the coordinates of the reflection of P in XY, YZ and ZX-planes.

Q2. Name the octants in which the following points lie:

(i) 7, 4, 3

(ii) 7, 2 5

DISTANCE FORMULA :

The distance between the points , , and , , is given by

Q3. Find the distance between the points 2, 4, 1 and 1, 2, 5 .

Q4. Prove by using distance formula that the points 1, 2, 3 , 1, 1, 1 and

3, 5, 7 are collinear.

Q5. Determine the point in XY-plane which is equidistant from three points 2, 0, 3 ,
0, 3, 2 and 0, 0, 1 .

Q6. Find the coordinates of a point on Y-axis which is at a distance of 5√2 from the point
3, 2, 5 .

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Q7. Show that the points 0, 1, 2 , 2, 1, 3 and 1, 3, 1 are vertices of an

isosceles right angled triangle.

Q8. Find the locus of the point which is equidistant from the points 0, 2, 3 and 2, 2, 1 .

Q9. Find the coordinates of a point equidistant from the four points 0, 0, 0 , , 0, 0 ,
0, , 0 and 0, 0, .

Q10. Find the locus of P if 2 % , where A and B are the points 3, 4, 5 and
1, 3, 7 .

Q11. Are the points 3, 6, 9 , 10, 20, 30 and 25, 41, 5 , the vertices of a right
angled triangle?

Q12. Verify the following:

(i) 0, 7, 10 , 1, 6, 6 and 4, 9, 6 are vertices of an isosceles triangle.

(ii) 0, 7, 10 , 1, 6, 6 and 4, 9, 6 are vertices of a right angled triangle.

(iii) 1, 2, 1 , 1, 2, 5 , 4, 7, 8 and 2, 3, 4 are vertices of a parallelogram

Q13. Find the locus of the point which are equidistant from the points 1, 2, 3 and 3, 2, 1 .

Q14. Find the locus of the point, the sum of whose distances from the points 4, 0, 0 and
4, 0, 0 is equal to 10.

Q15. Show that the points 1, 2, 3 , 1, 2, 1 , 2, 3, 2 and ) 4, 7, 6 are the

vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, but not a rectangle.

Q16. Find the equation of the set of the points P such that its distances from the points
3, 4, 5 and 2, 1, 4 are equal.

Q17. The centroid of a triangle ABC is at the point 1, 1, 1 . If the coordinates of A and B are
3, 5, 7 and 1, 7, 6 respectively, find the coordinates of the point C.

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