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Coordinate Geometry, Coordinate Geometry (10th Grade), Three Dimensional Geometry (10th Grade)

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Question 131. A variable plane which remains at a constant distance p from the origin cuts the coordinate axes in A, B, C. The locus of the centroid of the tetrahedron OABC is y2z2+z2x2+x2y2=kx2y2z2, where k is equal to
  1.    9p2
  2.    9p2
  3.    7p2
  4.    16p2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 16p2
:
D
Let equation of plane is
lx+my+nz=p
or x(pl)+y(pm)+z(pn)=1
Coordinates of A, B, C are (pl,0,0)(0,pm,0) and
(0,0,pn) respectively.
Centroid of OABC is (p4l,p4m,p4n)
x1=p4l,y1=p4m,z1=p4nl2+m2+n2=1p216x21+p216y21+p216z21=1
or x21y21+y21z21+z21x21=16/p2x21y21z21
Locus is x2y2+y2z2+z2x2=16p2x2y2z2
k=16p2
Question 132. If a line makes the angle α,β,γ with three dimensional co-ordinate axes respectively, then cos2α+cos2β+cos2γ
  1.    -2
  2.    -1
  3.    1
  4.    2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> -1
:
B
cos2α+cos2β+cos2γ=2cos2α1+2cos2β1+2cos2γ1=2(cos2α+cos2β+cos2γ)3=23=1
Question 133. The shortest distance from the plane 12x + 4y + 3z = 327 to the sphere x2+y2+z2+4x2y6z=155 is
  1.    1134
  2.    13
  3.    39
  4.    26
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 13
:
B
The centre of the sphere is (-2, 1, 3) and its radius is 4+1+9+155=13.
Length of the perpendicular from the centre of the sphere on the plane is 24+4+9327144+16+9=33813=26
So the plane is outside the sphere and the required distance is equal to 26 - 13 = 13.

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