NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 12 – Introduction to Three Dimensional Geometry Miscellaneous Exercise

NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 12 – Introduction to Three Dimensional Geometry Miscellaneous Exercise

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Question 1:

Three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A (3, –1, 2), B (1, 2, –4) and C (–1, 1, 2). Find the coordinates of the fourth vertex.

Answer:

The three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are given as A (3, –1, 2), B (1, 2, –4), and C (–1, 1, 2). Let the coordinates of the fourth vertex be D (x, y, z).

We know that the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.

Therefore, in parallelogram ABCD, AC and BD bisect each other.

∴Mid-point of AC = Mid-point of BD

⇒ x = 1, y = –2, and z = 8

Thus, the coordinates of the fourth vertex are (1, –2, 8).

Question 2:

Find the lengths of the medians of the triangle with vertices A (0, 0, 6), B (0, 4, 0) and (6, 0, 0).

Answer:

Let AD, BE, and CF be the medians of the given triangle ABC.

Since AD is the median, D is the mid-point of BC.

∴Coordinates of point D == (3, 2, 0)

Thus, the lengths of the medians of ΔABC are.

Question 3:

If the origin is the centroid of the triangle PQR with vertices P (2a, 2, 6), Q (–4, 3b, –10) and R (8, 14, 2c), then find the values of a, b and c.

Answer:

It is known that the coordinates of the centroid of the triangle, whose vertices are (x₁, y₁, z₁), (x₂, y₂, z₂) and (x₃, y₃, z₃), are.

Therefore, coordinates of the centroid of ΔPQR 

It is given that origin is the centroid of ΔPQR.

Thus, the respective values of a, b, and c are 

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Question 4:

Find the coordinates of a point on y-axis which are at a distance offrom the point P (3, –2, 5).

Answer:

If a point is on the y-axis, then x-coordinate and the z-coordinate of the point are zero.

Let A (0, b, 0) be the point on the y-axis at a distance of from point P (3, –2, 5). Accordingly, 

Thus, the coordinates of the required points are (0, 2, 0) and (0, –6, 0).

Question 5:

A point R with x-coordinate 4 lies on the line segment joining the pointsP (2, –3, 4) and Q (8, 0, 10). Find the coordinates of the point R.

[Hint suppose R divides PQ in the ratio k: 1. The coordinates of the point R are given by

Answer:

The coordinates of points P and Q are given as P (2, –3, 4) and Q (8, 0, 10).

Let R divide line segment PQ in the ratio k:1.

Hence, by section formula, the coordinates of point R are given by

It is given that the x-coordinate of point R is 4.

Therefore, the coordinates of point R are

Question 6:

If A and B be the points (3, 4, 5) and (–1, 3, –7), respectively, find the equation of the set of points P such that PA²+ PB² = k², where k is a constant.

Answer:

The coordinates of points A and B are given as (3, 4, 5) and (–1, 3, –7) respectively.

Let the coordinates of point P be (x, y, z).

On using distance formula, we obtain

Now, if PA² + PB² = k², then

Thus, the required equation is.