Homework03

Username: Total: Posted: Due: rich-circled 140 possible marks 2011-09-07 12:08 2011-09-15 09:00

1. (10 marks) Find the area of the triangle with vertices A (10, 3, 2), B (5, 7, 8) and C (9, 8, 9). The area of the triangle is:

2. (10 marks) Find a vector c = c1 , c2 , c3 which is orthogonal to both a = 0, 5, 9 and b = 4, 5, 7 and such that c1 = 7. c=

3. (10 marks) Find the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors a = 3, 8, 6 , b = 9, 6, 10 and c = 4, 7, 10 . The volume of the parallelepiped is:

4. (10 marks) Find the distance from the point P (4, 5, 1) to the line that passes through the points Q (7, 5, 4) and R (2, 10, 1). The distance from the point to the line is:

5. (10 marks) Find the distance D from the point A (8, 0, 10) to the plane 3x 7y 3z +6 = 0. D=

6. (10 marks) Find the distance D between the parallel planes 9x 9y 4z = 3 and 9x 9y 4z = 3. D=

7. (10 marks) Let L1 be the line passing through the points P1 (8, 5, 3) and P2 (9, 6, 9). Let L2 be the line passing through the points Q1 (5, 5, 7) and Q2 (0, 2, 6). Find the distance D between the lines. D=

8. (10 marks) Find the point at which the line with parametric equations x = 4 + 4t, y = 4 8t and z = 3 + 4t intersects the plane 9x + 3y 4z = 17. (x, y, z ) =

9. (10 marks) Given planes 7x + 7y 9z = 21 and 3x 4y + 6z = 9. Let P (x0 , y0 , z0 ) be a point on the line of the intersection of the planes and suppose that x0 = 12. Find y0 and z0 . y0 = z0 =

10. (10 marks) Find, to the nearest integer degree, the angle between the planes 7x + 6y 9z = 15 and 7x 8y + 2z = 14. The angle between the planes is

11. (10 marks) Determine whether each statement for lines and planes in R3 is true or false. Two lines parallel to a third line are parallel. a) True 2

b) False Two lines perpendicular to a third line are parallel. a) True b) False Two planes parallel to a third plane are parallel. a) True b) False Two planes perpendicular to a third plane are parallel. a) True b) False Two lines parallel to a plane are parallel. a) True b) False Two lines perpendicular to a plane are parallel. a) True b) False Two planes parallel to a line are parallel. a) True b) False Two planes perpendicular to a line are parallel. a) True b) False Two lines either intersect or are parallel. a) True b) False 3

A plane and a line either intersect or are parallel. a) True b) False

12. (10 marks) Suppose that a = 0. Determine whether each statement is true or false. If a b = a c then b = c. a) True b) False If a b = a c then b = c. a) True b) False If a b = a c and a b = a c then b = c. a) True b) False

13. (10 marks) Given the plane that passes through the points (3, 4, 8), (10, 3, 4) and (7, 1, 4). Let A (x0 , y0 , z0 ) be a point on the plane with x0 = 7 and y0 = 10. Find z0 . z0 =

14. (10 marks) Given the plane consisting of all points that are equidistant from the points (2, 4, 2) and (5, 9, 4). Let A (x0 , y0 , z0 ) be a point on the plane with x0 = 8 and y0 = 3. Find z0 . z0 =

Solutions:
1. The area of triangle is 2.
63 , 7 ) c = (7, 20 4 5 2

2786.

3. The volume of the parallelepiped is 604 4. The distance from the point to the line is 5. D= 6. D= 7. D= 8. (x, y, z ) = (23, 34, 22) 9. y0 = 10. The angle between the planes is 83 11. 12. 13. z0 = 48 14. z0 = 7 5
9 2 439 2834 3 89 12 67 6434 331

67

178

2834

and z0 =

21 2