MTE-05

ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET

Bachelor Degree Programme

Analytical Geometry
st
(Valid from 1 January, 2012 to 31st December, 2012)

School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi
New Delhi-110068
(For January, 2012 cycle)

Dear Student,
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after your enrolment. A weightage of 30 percent, as you are aware, has been earmarked for continuous
evaluation, which would consist of one tutor-marked assignment for this course. The assignment is in
this booklet.
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Assignment
(January 2012 December 2012)
Course Code: MTE-05
Assignment Code: MTE-05/TMA/2012
Maximum Marks: 100

1.

Which of the following statements are true? Give reasons in support of your answers.

(20)

i)

Under the rotation of axes through / 4 , a hyperbola remains a hyperbola.

ii)

If a tangent line of a parabola passes through the vertex of the parabola , then it is parallel to
the directrix of the parabola.

iii)

All the generators of a cylinder have a common point.

iv)

If the distance between the centres of two distinct spheres is equal to the difference of their
radii, then the two spheres intersect in two distinct points.

v)

The number of tangent planes drawn at a point on a sphere is equal to the number of tangent
lines drawn at a point on a circle in 3D.

vi)

The plane 2 x + y = 7 touches the surface 3x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 21 at the point ( 2, 3, 0) .

vii)

The lines

y 1 z +1
y +1
x
=
=
= z + 3 are perpendicular.
and x =
4
3
2
2

viii) Every plane which does not contain the axis of a right circular cone cuts the cone in a circle.

2.

ix)

If a line does not lie in a plane, then it must intersect the plane at some point.

x)

The central conicoid ax 2 + by 2 + cz 2 =1 will represent a hyperboloid of one sheet if at least

one of a , b and c is negative.

a)

Find the Cartesian form of the equation r = 2a sin 2 ( + / 3)

(3)

b) Transform the quadratic equation x 2 + y 2 + x y = 0 to parallel axes through the point

1 1
, . Which object does the equation represent in the new system.
2 2

3.

4.

(2)

c)

Find the equation of the line perpendicular to x + 3y = 6 and passing through (1, 0) .
Express this equation in slope-intercept form, normal form and intercept form.
(3)

a)

Find the length of the major and minor axes, the eccentricity, the coordinates of vertices
and the foci of the ellipse 7 x 2 + 5y 2 = 35 .
(4)

b)

Find the coordinates of all points on the hyperbola x 2 9 y 2 =1 where the two lines that
pass through the point and the foci are perpendicular.
(4)

a)

Identify the conic represented by 6 x 2 +12 xy + y 2 + 4 x + 7 y +1 = 0 , by reducing it to

standard form.
(4)

b)

Trace the conic represented by 3x 2 2 xy + 4 y 2 12 x 18 y +33 = 0 .

c)

Find the points of intersection of the ellipse

x2 y2

=1 .
4
9

(5)

x 2 y2
+
= 1 and the hyperbola
16
9

(2)

5.

a)

Find the equation of the plane passing through the point ( 2, 9, 1) and the line
2 x + 3y 9z =11 , 4 x 3y +11 z = 7 .

b)

Find the equation of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes
7 x + 2 y 2z +15 = 0 and 4 x + 2 y 2z + 9 = 0 , and which is perpendicular to the plane
2 x 10 y +5z = 8 . Find the distance of this plane from the origin.
(3)

c)

Show that if the lines with direction cosines (, m, 0) and ( p, 0, q ) are

perpendicular then either m =

6.

7.

a)

1
2

p +q

or q =

1
2

+ m2

(2)

Find the equation of the sphere passing through the points

(0, 1, 0), ( 2, 8, 1), (3, 0, 4) and ( 4, 6, 5) .

(3)

b)

Find the equation of the sphere which touches the sphere

2 x 2 + 2 y 2 + 2z 2 x + y 2z 4 = 0 at the point (1, 1, 1) and passes through the point
(0, 1, 4) .
(3)

c)

Show that the sphere passing through the circle x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4, x y + z = 8 and the
origin intersects the sphere x 2 + y 2 + z 2 + 8x + 2 y 2z 1 = 0 orthogonally.
(3)

a)

Find the angle between the lines of intersection of the cone 3x 2 2 y 2 + 4xy + 5 yz = 0
and the plane 2x y + 4z = 0 .
(4)

b)

Check whether the cones represented by 2 yz + 3xz xy = 0 and

4 x 2 + 9 y 2 + z 2 + 6 yz + 4 xz 12 xy = 0 are reciprocal cones.

c)

Find the equation of the right circular cone with vertex at (0, 0, 0) , axis
semi-vertical angle

8.

(3)

a)

.
3

(3)
x y z
= = and
2 3 5

(2)

Find the equation of the cylinder having its base the circle
x 2 + y 2 + z 2 2z = 24 , x + 2 y + 2z = 7 .

(3)

b)

Translate the equation 13 x 2 + 4 y 2 5z 2 + 78 x + 32 y + 50 z = 4 by shifting the origin to

( 3, 4, 5) .
(3)

c)

Under the transformations

1

x =
y=
z=

2
1
2

1
2

x +

2
5

1
2

z
x +

1
5

Transform the equations y 2 + xy + yz =1 and x + y + z = 3 , and find their intersection.

(3)
9.

a)

Show that 5x 2 + 4 y 2 4 yz + 2 xz + 2x 4 y 8z + 2 = 0 has a centre. Transform this

equation by shifting the origin to its centre.
(4)

b)

Trace the surface

c)

x 2 y2 z2
+
+
= 1 . Describe its sections by the planes z = 3
4
9
25

geometrically.

(3)

Find the section of the conicoid 2 x 2 y 2 + z 2 = 2 by the plane 3x 2 y + 7 z =1 .

(2)

10.

a)

Trace the surface defined by the equation x 2 + z 2 = 36 (1 + y 2 ) . What are the objects
represented by the intersection of this surface with y = 2 or with x = 3 ?
(3)

b)

Trace the paraboloid 2 x 2 + y 2 = 3z and describe its sections by the plane y =k , k

R
(3)

c)

Trace the surface x 2 y 2 z 2 = 4 and check whether the coordinate planes intersect this
surface or not.
(3)