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If O is the origin, OP = 3 with direction ratios proportional to -1, 2, -2 then the coordinates of P are:
  1. $(-1, 2,-2)$
  2. $(1, 2, 2)$
  3. $\Big(\frac{-1}{9},\frac{2}{9},\frac{-2}{9}\Big)$
  4. $(3,6,-9)$
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A(3, 2, 0), B(5, 3, 2) and  C(-9, 6, -3) are the vertices of a tringle ABC. if the bisector of $\angle\text{ABC}$ meets BC at D, then coordinates of D are:
  1. $\Big(\frac{19}{8},\frac{57}{16},\frac{17}{16}\Big)$
  2. $\Big(-\frac{19}{8},\frac{57}{16},\frac{17}{16}\Big)$
  3. $\Big(\frac{19}{8},-\frac{57}{16},\frac{17}{16}\Big)$
  4. $\text{none of these}$
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A parallelopiped is formed by planes drawn through the point (2, 3, 5) and (5, 9, 7) parallel to the coordinate planes. The length of a diagonal of the parallelopiped is:
  1. $7$
  2. $\sqrt{38}$
  3. $\sqrt{155}$
  4. $\text{none of these}$
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Ratio in which the xy-plane divided the join of (1, 2, 3) and (4, 2, 1) is:
  1. 3 : 1 internally
  2. 3 : 1 externally
  3. 2 : 1 internally
  4. 2 : 1 externally
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The distance of the point P(a, b, c) from the x-axis is:
  1. $\sqrt{\text{b}^2+\text{c}^2}$
  2. $\sqrt{\text{a}^2+\text{c}^2}$
  3. $\sqrt{\text{a}^2+\text{b}^2}$
  4. $\text{none of these}$
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Q 113 Marks3 Marks
Show that the line through points (1, -1, 2) and (3, 4, -2) is perpendicular to the line throught the points (0, 3, 2) and (3, 5, 6).
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Q 133 Marks3 Marks
Show that the line joining the origin to the point (2, 1, 1) is perpendicular to the line determined by the points (3, 5, -1) and (4, 3, -1).
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Q 143 Marks3 Marks
Show that the line through points (4, 7, 8) and (2, 3, 4) is parallel to the line throught the points (-1, -2, 1) and (1, 2, 5).
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Q 174 Marks4 Marks
Find the angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by the equations:
l + m +n = 0 and l2 + m2 + n2 = 0
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Q 194 Marks4 Marks
Find the angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by the equations:
2l - m + 2n = 0 and mn + nl + lm = 0
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