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Tutorial Sheet No1 3d-Geometry

This document contains a tutorial sheet with 15 practice problems related to engineering mathematics-II. The problems cover topics like finding the angle between lines given their direction cosines, properties of triangles defined by vertices in 3D coordinate space, determining if lines or points are parallel/perpendicular/collinear based on their direction ratios, calculating projections of lines, and more. The document provides the question and answer for each problem to help students practice and learn concepts in vectors, lines, and spatial geometry.

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Tutorial Sheet No1 3d-Geometry

This document contains a tutorial sheet with 15 practice problems related to engineering mathematics-II. The problems cover topics like finding the angle between lines given their direction cosines, properties of triangles defined by vertices in 3D coordinate space, determining if lines or points are parallel/perpendicular/collinear based on their direction ratios, calculating projections of lines, and more. The document provides the question and answer for each problem to help students practice and learn concepts in vectors, lines, and spatial geometry.

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MAT102- Engineering Mathematics-II

Tutorial Sheet No. 1

1. Find the angle between two lines whose direction cosines are given by the equations

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
4 21 21
the angles at the vertices. Ans: cos 1 ;cos 1 ;cos1
17 714 714
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
1 4 8
has direction ratios 2,1,2. Find the actual direction cosines of the reflected ray.Ans: , ,
9 9 9
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
2 3 6
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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