JEE Main Mathematics — Vectors & 3D Geometry previous year questions with solutions.
Let a line passing through the point $(4,1,0)$ intersect the line $L_1 ; \frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-3}{4}$ at the point $\mathrm{A} \quad(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ and the line $L_2: x-6=y=-z+4$ at the point $B(a, b, c)$. Then $\left|\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 1 \\ \alpha & \beta & \gamma \\ \mathrm{a} & \mathrm{b} & \mathrm{c}\end{array}\right|$ is equal to
Let a straight line $L$ pass through the point $P(2,-1,3)$ and be perpendicular to the lines $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{1}=\frac{z-3}{-2}$ and $\frac{x-3}{1}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z+2}{4}$. If the line $L$ intersects the $y z$-plane at the point $Q$, then the distance between the points $P$ and $Q$ is :
Let P be the foot of the perpendicular from the point $(1,2,2)$ on the line $\mathrm{L}: \frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y+1}{-1}=\frac{z-2}{2}$. Let the line $\vec{r}=(-\hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k})+\lambda(\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}), \lambda \in \mathbf{R}$, intersect the line L at Q . Then $2(\mathrm{PQ})^2$ is equal to :
Let the vertices $Q$ and $R$ of the triangle $P Q R$ lie on the line $\frac{x+3}{5}=\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z+4}{3}, Q R=5$ and the coordinates of the point $P$ be $(0,2,3)$. If the area of the triangle $P Q R$ is $\frac{m}{n}$ then :
Let $\mathrm{A}(x, y, z)$ be a point in $x y$-plane, which is equidistant from three points $(0,3,2),(2,0,3)$ and ( $0,0,1$ ). Let $\mathrm{B}=(1,4,-1)$ and $\mathrm{C}=(2,0,-2)$. Then among the statements (S1) : $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$ is an isosceles right angled triangle, and (S2) : the area of $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$ is $\frac{9 \sqrt{2}}{2}$,
Let the point A divide the line segment joining the points $P(-1,-1,2)$ and $Q(5,5,10)$ internally in the ratio $\mathrm{r}: 1(\mathrm{r}\gt0)$. If O is the origin and $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{OQ}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{OA}})-\frac{1}{5}|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{OP}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{OA}}|^2=10$, then the value of r is :
Let in a $\triangle A B C$, the length of the side $A C$ be 6 , the vertex $B$ be $(1,2,3)$ and the vertices $A, C$ lie on the line $\frac{x-6}{3}=\frac{y-7}{2}=\frac{z-7}{-2}$. Then the area (in sq. units) of $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$ is:
Let P be the image of the point $\mathrm{Q}(7,-2,5)$ in the line $\mathrm{L}: \frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{3}=\frac{z}{4}$ and $\mathrm{R}(5, \mathrm{p}, \mathrm{q})$ be a point on $L$. Then the square of the area of $\triangle P Q R$ is ________.
The perpendicular distance, of the line $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+2}{-1}=\frac{z+3}{2}$ from the point $\mathrm{P}(2,-10,1)$, is :
The distance of the line $\frac{x-2}{2}=\frac{y-6}{3}=\frac{z-3}{4}$ from the point $(1,4,0)$ along the line $\frac{x}{1}=\frac{y-2}{2}=\frac{z+3}{3}$ is :
Let $P$ be the foot of the perpendicular from the point $Q(10,-3,-1)$ on the line $\frac{x-3}{7}=\frac{y-2}{-1}=\frac{z+1}{-2}$. Then the area of the right angled triangle $P Q R$, where $R$ is the point $(3,-2,1)$, is
Let $\mathrm{L}_1: \frac{x-1}{3}=\frac{y-1}{-1}=\frac{z+1}{0}$ and $\mathrm{L}_2: \frac{x-2}{2}=\frac{y}{0}=\frac{z+4}{\alpha}, \alpha \in \mathbf{R}$, be two lines, which intersect at the point $B$. If $P$ is the foot of perpendicular from the point $A(1,1,-1)$ on $L_2$, then the value of $26 \alpha(\mathrm{~PB})^2$ is _________
Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two unit vectors such that the angle between them is $\frac{\pi}{3}$. If $\lambda \vec{a}+2 \vec{b}$ and $3 \vec{a}-\lambda \vec{b}$ are perpendicular to each other, then the number of values of $\lambda$ in $[-1,3]$ is :
Let the three sides of a triangle $A B C$ be given by the vectors $2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \quad \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and $3 \hat{i}-4 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$. Let $G$ be the centroid of the triangle $A B C$. Then $6\left(|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AG}}|^2+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{BG}}|^2+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{CG}}|^2\right)$ is equal to ________
The distance of the point $(7,10,11)$ from the line $\frac{x-4}{1}=\frac{y-4}{0}=\frac{z-2}{3}$ along the line $\frac{x-9}{2}=\frac{y-13}{3}=\frac{z-17}{6}$ is
Let the position vectors of three vertices of a triangle be $4 \vec{p}+\vec{q}-3 \vec{r},-5 \vec{p}+\vec{q}+2 \vec{r}$ and $2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{q}}+2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}$. If the position vectors of the orthocenter and the circumcenter of the triangle are $\frac{\vec{p}+\vec{q}+\vec{r}}{4}$ and $\alpha \vec{p}+\beta \vec{q}+\gamma \vec{r}$ respectively, then $\alpha+2 \beta+5 \gamma$ is equal to :
Let a line pass through two distinct points $P(-2,-1,3)$ and $Q$, and be parallel to the vector $3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$. If the distance of the point Q from the point $\mathrm{R}(1,3,3)$ is 5 , then the square of the area of $\triangle P Q R$ is equal to :
Let $A$ be the point of intersection of the lines $L_1: \frac{x-7}{1}=\frac{y-5}{0}=\frac{z-3}{-1}$ and $L_2: \frac{x-1}{3}=\frac{y+3}{4}=\frac{z+7}{5}$. Let $B$ and $C$ be the point on the lines $L_1$ and $L_2$ respectively such that $\mathrm{AB}=\mathrm{AC}=\sqrt{15}$. Then the square of the area of the triangle ABC is :
Consider two vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}}=3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}-\lambda \hat{\mathrm{k}}, \lambda \gt 0$. The angle between them is given by $\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{5}}{2 \sqrt{7}}\right)$. Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}_1+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}_2$, where $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}_1$ is parallel to $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}_2$ is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}}$. Then the value $\left|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}_1\right|^2+\left|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}_2\right|^2$ is equal to
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be a vector such that $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=3(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}})$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=130$, then $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}$ is equal to _______
Let $O$ be the origin, and $M$ and $N$ be the points on the lines $\frac{x-5}{4}=\frac{y-4}{1}=\frac{z-5}{3}$ and $\frac{x+8}{12}=\frac{y+2}{5}=\frac{z+11}{9}$ respectively such that $MN$ is the shortest distance between the given lines. Then $\vec{OM}\cdot \vec{ON}$ is equal to _________.
Let three vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\alpha \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=5 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$ form a triangle such that $\vec{c}=\vec{a}-\vec{b}$ and the area of the triangle is $5 \sqrt{6}$. If $\alpha$ is a positive real number, then $|\vec{c}|^2$ is equal to:
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=6 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}$. If $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ is a is vector such that $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}| \geq 6, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=6|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|,|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=2 \sqrt{2}$ and the angle between $\vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is $60^{\circ}$, then $|(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}|$ is equal to:
Let $\overrightarrow{O A}=2 \vec{a}, \overrightarrow{O B}=6 \vec{a}+5 \vec{b}$ and $\overrightarrow{O C}=3 \vec{b}$, where $O$ is the origin. If the area of the parallelogram with adjacent sides $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{OA}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{OC}}$ is 15 sq. units, then the area (in sq. units) of the quadrilateral $\mathrm{OABC}$ is equal to :