Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Important Questions for Mathematics

Find the shortest distance between the following pairs of lines whose vector are: \[\overrightarrow{r} = \left( \hat{i} + \hat{j} \right) + \lambda\left( 2 \hat{i} - \hat{j} + \hat{k} \right) \text{ and } , \overrightarrow{r} = 2 \hat{i} + \hat{j} - \hat{k} + \mu\left( 3 \hat{i} - 5 \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k} \right)\]

Find the angle between the lines 

\[\vec{r} = \left( 2 \hat{i}  - 5 \hat{j}  + \hat{k}  \right) + \lambda\left( 3 \hat{i}  + 2 \hat{j}  + 6 \hat{k}  \right)\] and \[\vec{r} = 7 \hat{i} - 6 \hat{k}  + \mu\left( \hat{i}  + 2 \hat{j}  + 2 \hat{k}  \right)\] 

Write the equation of a plane which is at a distance of \[5\sqrt{3}\] units from origin and the normal to which is equally inclined to coordinate axes.

Find the equation of the plane which contains the line of intersection of the planes \[x + 2y + 3z - 4 = 0 \text { and } 2x + y - z + 5 = 0\] and whose x-intercept is twice its z-intercept.

Find the equation of a plane which passes through the point (3, 2, 0) and contains the line \[\frac{x - 3}{1} = \frac{y - 6}{5} = \frac{z - 4}{4}\].

Find the distance of the point (1, −2, 3) from the plane x − y + z = 5 measured parallel to the line whose direction cosines are proportional to 2, 3, −6.

Show that the lines \[\frac{5 - x}{- 4} = \frac{y - 7}{4} = \frac{z + 3}{- 5} \text { and } \frac{x - 8}{7} = \frac{2y - 8}{2} = \frac{z - 5}{3}\] are coplanar.

Find the distance of the point P(3, 4, 4) from the point, where the line joining the points A(3, –4, –5) and B(2, –3, 1) intersects the plane 2x + y + z = 7.

Find the equation of the plane that contains the point (1, –1, 2) and is perpendicular to both the planes 2x + 3y – 2z = 5 and x + 2y – 3z = 8. Hence, find the distance of point P (–2, 5, 5) from the plane obtained

Find the distance of the point P (–1, –5, –10) from the point of intersection of the line joining the points A (2, –1, 2) and B (5, 3, 4) with the plane x – y + z = 5.

If a plane passes through the point (1, 1, 1) and is perpendicular to the line \[\frac{x - 1}{3} = \frac{y - 1}{0} = \frac{z - 1}{4}\] then its perpendicular distance from the origin is ______.

Find the direction cosines of the line joining the points P(4,3,-5) and Q(-2,1,-8) . 

Find the value of p for which the following lines are perpendicular : 

`(1-x)/3 = (2y-14)/(2p) = (z-3)/2 ; (1-x)/(3p) = (y-5)/1 = (6-z)/5`

Find the value of  λ for which the following lines are perpendicular to each other: 

`(x - 5)/(5 lambda + 2 ) = ( 2 - y )/5 = (1 - z ) /-1 ; x /1 = ( y + 1/2)/(2 lambda ) = ( z -1 ) / 3`

Find the vector and cartesian equations of the plane passing throuh the points (2,5,- 3), (-2, - 3,5) and (5,3,-3). Also, find the point of intersection of this plane with the line passing through points (3, 1, 5) and (–1, –3, –1).

Find the equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes `vec(r) .(hat(i) + hat(j) + hat(k)) = 1"and" vec(r) . (2 hat(i) + 3hat(j) - hat(k)) +4 = 0 `and parallel to x-axis. Hence, find the distance of the plane from x-axis.

Find the value of λ for which the following lines are perpendicular to each other `("x"-5)/(5λ+2) = (2 -"y")/(5) = (1 -"z")/(-1); ("x")/(1) = ("y"+1/2)/(2λ) = ("z" -1)/(3)`

hence, find whether the lines intersect or not

Find the equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes `vecr . (hati + hatj + hatk)` and `vecr.(2hati + 3hatj - hatk) + 4 = 0` and parallel to the x-axis. Hence, find the distance of the plane from the x-axis.

Find the vector and cartesian equation of the plane passing through the point (2, 5, - 3), (-2, -3, 5) and (5, 3, -3). Also, find the point of intersection of this plane with the line passing through points (3, 1, 5) and (-1, -3, -1).