JEE Main Mathematics — Vectors & 3D Geometry previous year questions with solutions.
The set of all $\alpha$, for which the vectors $\vec{a}=\alpha t \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=t \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-2 \alpha t \hat{k}$ are inclined at an obtuse angle for all $t \in \mathbb{R}$, is
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=2 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-\hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be three vectors such that $(\vec{c}+\hat{i}) \times(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\hat{i})=\vec{a} \times(\vec{c}+\hat{i})$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=-29$, then $\vec{c} \cdot(-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$ is equal to:
Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=x \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, x \in \mathbb{R}$. If $\vec{d}$ is the unit vector in the direction of $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$ such that $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{d}=1$, then $(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}$ is equal to
For $\lambda>0$, let $\theta$ be the angle between the vectors $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\lambda \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$. If the vectors $\vec{a}+\vec{b}$ and $\vec{a}-\vec{b}$ are mutually perpendicular, then the value of (14 cos $\theta)^2$ is equal to
Let $\vec{a}=3\hat{i}+2\hat{j}+\hat{k},\vec{b}=2\hat{i}-\hat{j}+3\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}$ be a vector such that $(\vec{a}+\vec{b})\times \vec{c}=2(\vec{a}\times \vec{b})+24\hat{j}-6\hat{k}$ and $(\vec{a}-\vec{b}+\hat{i}).\vec{c}=-3$. Then ${|\vec{c}|}^{2}$ is equal to _______.
Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k},\vec{b}=-\hat{i}-8\hat{j}+2\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=4\hat{i}+{c}_{2}\hat{j}+{c}_{3}\hat{k}$ be three vectors such that $\vec{b}\times \vec{a}=\vec{c}\times \vec{a}$. If the angle between the vector $\vec{c}$ and the vector $3\hat{i}+4\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ is $\theta$, then the greatest integer less than or equal to ${\mathrm{tan}}^{2}\theta$ is:
Let $\vec{a}=-5\hat{i}+\hat{j}-3\hat{k},\vec{b}=\hat{i}+2\hat{j}-4\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=(((\vec{a}\times \vec{b})\times \hat{i})\times \hat{i})\times \hat{i}$. Then $\vec{c}\cdot (-\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$ is equal to
Let a unit vector which makes an angle of $60^{\circ}$ with $2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and angle $45^{\circ}$ with $\hat{i}-\hat{k}$ be $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{C}}$. Then $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{C}}+\left(-\frac{1}{2} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}} \hat{j}-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{k}\right)$ is :
Let $\vec{a}=3\hat{i}+\hat{j}-2\hat{k},\vec{b}=4\hat{i}+\hat{j}+7\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=\hat{i}-3\hat{j}+4\hat{k}$ be three vectors. If a vectors $\vec{p}$ satisfies $\vec{p}\times \vec{b}=\vec{c}\times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{p}\cdot \vec{a}=0$, then $\vec{p}\cdot (\hat{i}-\hat{j}-\hat{k})$ is equal to
Let $\vec{a}={a}_{i}\hat{i}+{a}_{2}\hat{j}+{a}_{3}\hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}={b}_{1}\hat{i}+{b}_{2}\hat{j}+{b}_{3}\hat{k}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{a}|=1;\vec{a}\cdot \vec{b}=2$ and $|\vec{b}|=4$. If $\vec{c}=2(\vec{a}\times \vec{b})-3\vec{b}$, then the angle between $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is equal to :
Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{a}|=1,|\vec{b}|=4$ and $\vec{a}\cdot \vec{b}=2$. If $\vec{c}=(2\vec{a}\times \vec{b})-3\vec{b}$ and the angle between $\vec{b}$ and$\vec{c}$ is $\alpha$, then $192{\mathrm{sin}}^{2}\alpha$ is equal to _________
Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{b}|=1$ and $|\vec{b}\times \vec{a}|=2$ Then $|(\vec{b}\times \vec{a})-\vec{b}{|}^{2}$ is equal to
Let $\vec{a},\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ be three non-zero vectors such that $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ are non-collinear if $\vec{a}+5\vec{b}$ is collinear with $\vec{c},\vec{b}+6\vec{c}$ is collinear with $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{a}+\alpha \vec{b}+\beta \vec{c}=\vec{0}$, then $\alpha +\beta$ is equal to
Let $A(2,3,5)$ and $C(-3,4,-2)$ be opposite vertices of a parallelogram $ABCD$ if the diagonal $\vec{BD}=\hat{i}+2\hat{j}+3\hat{k}$ then the area of the parallelogram is equal to
If $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2\hat{j}+\hat{k},\vec{b}=3(\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k})$ and $\vec{c}$ be the vector such that $\vec{a}\times \vec{c}=\vec{b}$ and $\vec{a}\cdot \vec{c}=3$, then $\vec{a}\cdot ((\vec{c}\times \vec{b})-\vec{b}-\vec{c})$ is equal to
The shortest distance between the lines $\frac{x-3}{4}=\frac{y+7}{-11}=\frac{z-1}{5}$ and $\frac{x-5}{3}=\frac{y-9}{-6}=\frac{z+2}{1}$ is:
Let the line $\mathrm{L}$ intersect the lines $x-2=-y=z-1,2(x+1)=2(y-1)=z+1$ and be parallel to the line $\frac{x-2}{3}=\frac{y-1}{1}=\frac{z-2}{2}$. Then which of the following points lies on L?
Let $\mathrm{P}(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ be the image of the point $\mathrm{Q}(1,6,4)$ in the line $\frac{x}{1}=\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z-2}{3}$. Then $2 \alpha+\beta+\gamma$ is equal to_______
If the shortest distance between the lines $\frac{x-\lambda}{2}=\frac{y-4}{3}=\frac{z-3}{4}$ and $\frac{x-2}{4}=\frac{y-4}{6}=\frac{z-7}{8}$ is $\frac{13}{\sqrt{29}}$, then a value of $\lambda$ is :
Let $\mathrm{P}(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ be the image of the point $\mathrm{Q}(3,-3,1)$ in the line $\frac{x-0}{1}=\frac{y-3}{1}=\frac{z-1}{-1}$ and $\mathrm{R}$ be the point $(2,5,-1)$. If the area of the triangle $P Q R$ is $\lambda$ and $\lambda^2=14 K$, then $K$ is equal to :
Let $P(x, y, z)$ be a point in the first octant, whose projection in the $x y$-plane is the point $Q$. Let $O P=\gamma$; the angle between $O Q$ and the positive $x$-axis be $\theta$; and the angle between $O P$ and the positive $z$-axis be $\phi$, where $O$ is the origin. Then the distance of $P$ from the $x$-axis is
Let $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ be the image of the point $(8,5,7)$ in the line $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{3}=\frac{z-2}{5}$. Then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma$ is equal to :
Let $P$ be the point $(10,-2,-1)$ and $Q$ be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point $R(1,7,6)$ on the line passing through the points $(2,-5,11)$ and $(-6,7,-5)$. Then the length of the line segment $P Q$ is equal to ________
Let $\mathrm{d}$ be the distance of the point of intersection of the lines $\frac{x+6}{3}=\frac{y}{2}=\frac{z+1}{1}$ and $\frac{x-7}{4}=\frac{y-9}{3}=\frac{z-4}{2}$ from the point $(7,8,9)$. Then $\mathrm{d}^2+6$ is equal to :