MAT102- Engineering Mathematics-II

Tutorial Sheet No. 1

1. Find the angle between two lines whose direction cosines are given by the equations
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l  m  n  0 and l 2  m2  n2  0 .Ans:
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2. Show that the triangle ABC having the vertices (3,5,-4),B(-1,1,2) and (-5,-5,-2) is isosceles. Find
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the angles at the vertices. Ans: cos 1 ;cos 1 ;cos1
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3. Find the angle between the lines whose direction cosines are proportional to 1,2,1 and
2,-3,6.Ans:   83o18'
4. If a line makes 40° and 60° with x and y-axis respectively, find the angle between the line and
z-axis.
5. If a line makes angles ,  and , with the co-ordinate axes, find cos2 + cos 2+ cos2.Ans:-1
6. Light from a point source at A(7,0,0) strikes a small mirror at the origin O, the normal at which
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has direction ratios 2,1,2. Find the actual direction cosines of the reflected ray.Ans: , ,
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7. If , ,  and  are the angles made by a line with the four diagonals of a cube, prove that
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cos2 + cos2+ cos2 +cos2 = .
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8. Find the angles between the line joining the points (2,3,5) and (9,-10,4) and the line joining the
points (1,-2,-1) and (0,2,0)
9. Find the angles of the triangle whose vertices are
(i) (1,0,-2); (2,-2,1) and (3,1,2)
(ii) (2,3,4); (5,4,1) and (3,6,2)
10. The line joining the points A(1,1,-2) and B(2,3,-1) makes an angle 60° with a line PQ. Find the
projection of AB on PQ
11. A, B, C and D are the points (3,4,5), (4,6,3), (-1,2,4) and (1,0,5) respectively. Find the projection
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of AB on CD. Also find the angle between the lines. Ans:
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12. The projection of a line on the co-ordinate axes are 2, 3 and 6 respectively. Find the length and
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direction cosines of the line.Ans:7 ,direction cosines are , ,
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13. Prove by direction cosines, that the four points (3,2,4), (4,5,2), (5,8,0) and (2,-1,6) are collinear.
14. Show that the lines having direction ratios 1,2,3; 1,-2,1 and 4,1,-2 are mutually perpendicular
15. Show that the line through the points (1,2,3) and (4,5,7) is parallel to the line through the points
(-4,3,-6) and (2,9,2)

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