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What is the condition for two spheres not to meet and lie farther apart?
What is the condition for two spheres not to meet and lie farther apart?
What is the condition for two spheres to touch internally?
What is the condition for two spheres to touch internally?
What is the condition for a plane to cut a sphere in a circle?
What is the condition for a plane to cut a sphere in a circle?
What is the equation of a sphere concentric with the sphere x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2ux + 2vy + 2wz + d = 0?
What is the equation of a sphere concentric with the sphere x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2ux + 2vy + 2wz + d = 0?
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What is the condition for a plane to touch a sphere?
What is the condition for a plane to touch a sphere?
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What is the condition for two spheres to cut orthogonally?
What is the condition for two spheres to cut orthogonally?
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If two spheres of radii r1 and r2 cut orthogonally, what is the radius of the common circle?
If two spheres of radii r1 and r2 cut orthogonally, what is the radius of the common circle?
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What is the condition for a point to lie on the sphere?
What is the condition for a point to lie on the sphere?
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What is the equation of the sphere that passes through the points (0, 0, 0), (0, 2, 0), (1, 0, 0), and (0, 0, 4)?
What is the equation of the sphere that passes through the points (0, 0, 0), (0, 2, 0), (1, 0, 0), and (0, 0, 4)?
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What is the angle of intersection of two spheres?
What is the angle of intersection of two spheres?
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What is the centre of the sphere that passes through the points (0, 0, 0), (0, 2, 0), (1, 0, 0), and (0, 0, 4)?
What is the centre of the sphere that passes through the points (0, 0, 0), (0, 2, 0), (1, 0, 0), and (0, 0, 4)?
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What is the condition for two spheres to be orthogonal?
What is the condition for two spheres to be orthogonal?
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What is the condition for a sphere and a plane to be tangent?
What is the condition for a sphere and a plane to be tangent?
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What is the number of points at which a line meets a sphere?
What is the number of points at which a line meets a sphere?
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What is the condition for l, m, n to be the actual d.c.’s of the line?
What is the condition for l, m, n to be the actual d.c.’s of the line?
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If the direction cosines of a line are $\frac{1}{c}, \frac{1}{c}, \frac{1}{c}$, then what is the value of $c$?
If the direction cosines of a line are $\frac{1}{c}, \frac{1}{c}, \frac{1}{c}$, then what is the value of $c$?
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What are the direction cosines of a line that makes an angle of 60° with the y-axis and z-axis?
What are the direction cosines of a line that makes an angle of 60° with the y-axis and z-axis?
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If the direction ratios of a line are $2, -3, 6$, then what are the direction cosines of the line?
If the direction ratios of a line are $2, -3, 6$, then what are the direction cosines of the line?
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If a line has direction cosines $l, m, n$ and is directed so that the angle made by it with the positive direction of the x-axis is acute, then what is the sign of $l$?
If a line has direction cosines $l, m, n$ and is directed so that the angle made by it with the positive direction of the x-axis is acute, then what is the sign of $l$?
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What are the direction ratios of a line that has direction cosines $2/3, -2/3, 1/3$?
What are the direction ratios of a line that has direction cosines $2/3, -2/3, 1/3$?
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What is the definition of direction cosines of a line?
What is the definition of direction cosines of a line?
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What is the relation between the direction cosines l, m, and n of a line?
What is the relation between the direction cosines l, m, and n of a line?
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If a line makes angles α, β, and γ with the positive x, y, and z axes, respectively, what are the direction cosines of the line?
If a line makes angles α, β, and γ with the positive x, y, and z axes, respectively, what are the direction cosines of the line?
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What are the direction cosines of the x-axis?
What are the direction cosines of the x-axis?
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If a point P has coordinates (x, y, z) and OP = r, what are the coordinates of P in terms of the direction cosines l, m, and n?
If a point P has coordinates (x, y, z) and OP = r, what are the coordinates of P in terms of the direction cosines l, m, and n?
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What is the geometric significance of the direction ratios of a line?
What is the geometric significance of the direction ratios of a line?
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If a, b, c are the direction ratios of a line, then what is the relation between a, b, c, and the direction cosines l, m, n of the line?
If a, b, c are the direction ratios of a line, then what is the relation between a, b, c, and the direction cosines l, m, n of the line?
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If a vector r = ai + bj + ck, then what are the direction ratios of the vector r?
If a vector r = ai + bj + ck, then what are the direction ratios of the vector r?
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What is the condition for direction cosines l, m, n to be unique?
What is the condition for direction cosines l, m, n to be unique?
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If P(x1, y1, z1) and Q(x2, y2, z2) are two points, then what are the direction ratios of the line PQ?
If P(x1, y1, z1) and Q(x2, y2, z2) are two points, then what are the direction ratios of the line PQ?
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Study Notes
Intersection of a Straight Line and a Sphere
- The equation of a sphere and a straight line are:
x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2ux + 2vy + 2wz + d = 0
andx - α = l(r - l), y - β = m(r - l), z - γ = n(r - l)
respectively. - Any point on the line is
(α + lr, β + mr, γ + nr)
. - If this point lies on the sphere, then
(α + lr)^2 + (β + mr)^2 + (γ + nr)^2 + 2u(α + lr) + 2v(β + mr) + 2w(γ + nr) + d = 0
. - This equation is quadratic in
r
and gives two values ofr
, which means the line meets the sphere in two points.
Angle of Intersection of Two Spheres
- The angle of intersection of two spheres is the angle between the tangent planes to them at their point of intersection.
- This angle is also equal to the angle between the radii of the spheres at their point of intersection.
- If the angle of intersection of two spheres is a right angle, the spheres are said to be orthogonal.
Important Tips
- Two spheres
S1
andS2
with centresC1
andC2
and radiir1
andr2
respectively:- Do not meet and lie farther apart if
|C1C2| > r1 + r2
. - Touch internally if
|C1C2| = |r1 - r2|
. - Touch externally if
|C1C2| = r1 + r2
. - Cut in a circle if
|r1 - r2| < |C1C2| < r1 + r2
. - One lies within the other if
|C1C2| < |r1 - r2|
.
- Do not meet and lie farther apart if
Equation of a Concentric Sphere
- Any sphere concentric with the sphere
x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2ux + 2vy + 2wz + d = 0
isx^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2ux + 2vy + 2wz + λ = 0
, whereλ
is some real number that makes it a sphere.
Condition for Orthogonality of Two Spheres
- If the two spheres
x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2ux + 2vy + 2wz + d = 0
andx^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2u'x + 2v'y + 2w'z + d' = 0
cut orthogonally, then2uu' + 2vv' + 2ww' = d + d'
. - If the spheres
x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = a^2
andx^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2ux + 2vy + 2wz + d = 0
cut orthogonally, thend = a^2
.
Direction Ratios and Cosines
- Direction ratios of a line are three numbers proportional to the direction cosines of the line.
- Direction cosines are the cosines of the angles made by the line with the positive direction of the co-ordinate axes.
- The direction cosines of the axes of x, y, and z are respectively
(1, 0, 0)
,(0, 1, 0)
, and(0, 0, 1)
. - The relation between the direction cosines is
l^2 + m^2 + n^2 = 1
.
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This quiz is about the equations of a sphere and a straight line, and finding the intersection point between them. It involves solving quadratic equations and understanding the concepts of 3D geometry.