MTE-05

ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET

Bachelors Degree Programme

Analytical Geometry
(Valid from 1st July, 2013 to 31st March, 2014)

School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi
New Delhi-110068
(For July 2013 cycle)

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Assignment (MTE-05)
(July 2013 March 2014)
Course Code: MTE-05
Assignment Code: MTE-05/TMA/2013-14
Maximum Marks: 100

1.

2.

Check whether the following statements are true or false. Give valid reasons to support your
answer.
(2x10)
i)

2 x y 4 z represents a line.

ii)

A section of a paraboloid may have more than one centers.

iii)

Intersection of a cone and a plane cannot be a single point.

iv)

Polar coordinates of (0, 4) are (4, / 2) .

v)

The equation

vi)

Any two conics intersect in four real points.

vii)

x2 y2 z2
f ( x, y, z ) c 0 , where f is a linear homogeneous
3
function in x, y and z and c is a constant, does not represent a sphere.

viii)

A cone is a conicoid but a conicoid may not be a cone.

ix)

Intersection of a plane and a non-central conicoid is always a non central conic..

x)

The section of the conicoid 3x 2 4 y 2 2 z by the plane z 8 is a circle.

a)

Obtain the equation of a line passing through (2, 1) and perpendicular to the line
4 x 7 y 8 0 . Express the obtained equation into the intercept form.

The equation

(3)

b)

Show that the line segments joining the points (1, 1), (4, 2) and (3, 1), (0, - 2) bisect
each other. Also show that the quadrilateral formed by taking these points as the vertices is
a parallelogram.
(5)

c)

Find the length of the major and minor axes, the eccentricity, coordinates of the vertices

d)

3.

x2 y2

represents a hyperbola if 0 .
9 4

and the foci of 2 x 2 9 y 2 11. Also draw a rough sketch of it.

(4)

What will be the equation of a hyperbola with vertices (4, 0) and transverse and
conjugate axes having the ratio 2 : 3 ? Derive it.

(3)

a)

What type of conic is represented by the equation 8x 2 3xy y 2 11x 6 y 12 0 ?

Discuss.
(4)

b)

Check whether the conic 7 x 2 6 xy 2 y 2 20x 16 y 11 0 is central or not. Find its

centre in case if it is central. Also trace it.
(3)

c)

Check whether the point (1, 2, 3) lie on the plane passing through the points
(1, 2, 3), (1, 2, 4) and ( 1, 6, 8) .

(3)

4.

a)

Check whether the line x cos y sin p is tangent to the conic x 2 y 2 p 2 or not.
Verify your answer geometrically.
(2)

b)

Give an example of two conics which intersect each other at a single point.

c)

Let A( x1 , y1 , z1 ), B( x2 , y 2 , z 2 ) and C ( x3 , y3 , z3 ) be the vertices of a triangle. Find

the angle between the line BC and the line passing through the mid-point of AB and AC .
What do you conclude from this.
(4)
x 1 y 2
Find, if any, point(s) of intersection of the line

3z and the plane

2
9
(2)
4x 5 y z 3 .

d)

5.

a)

Does any sphere pass through the points (4, 2, 1), (4, 3, 4), (3, 5, 0) and (0, 2, 1) ? If
yes, find its equation.
(5)

b)

For which value of a, the line

c)

6.

x 1 y z 1
is tangent to the sphere

a
4
3
x 2 y 2 z 2 2 x 7 y 4 z 3 0 ? Find the point of tangency also.

(4)

Find the equation of a cone whose vertex is at the origin and base curve is
ax 2 4 y 2 bz 2 1, 2 x y 3z 4 0 . When this cone will be a circular cone?

(3)

d)

Find the reciprocal cone of 6 x 2 2 z 3xy 5 yz 0 .

(3)

a)

Find the equation of the cylinder which passes through the circle

b)
c)

d)

7.

(2)

a)

( x 1) 2 y 2 z 2 8, x y 2 z 4 .

(3)

Find the centre of the conicoid x 2 2 y 2 4 xy 6 xz 7 x 8 y 8 0 , if it exists.

Transform this conicoid by shifting the origin to its centre.

(5)

What is the projection of the line segment joining (1, 2, 5) and (1, 3, 1) on the line
2( x 1) y 3z .

(2)

Sketch the surface defined by the equation 49x 2 25y 2 1255(1 z 2 ) . Geometrically
describe the sections of this surface by the plane
i)

z 0

ii)

z 1

(5)

Transform the plane x y z 4 under the transformations given in the following table
y

26
1

26
1

5
78

26

3
7

78

78

(3)
b)

Identify the type of the conicoid 4 y 2 x 2 z 2 1 .

(2)

c)

What object is formed by the intersection of the curves 4 x 2 5 y 2 2 z 2 1 and

x z 5( y 1) ? Justify your answer.

(2)

d)

Which of the following are paraboloids and which are parabolic cylinders? Further if any
one is a paraboloid, classify it as elliptic paraboloid or hyperbolic paraboloid.
i)

2( y 2 z 2 ) 3( x y z) 4 0

ii)

2 x 2 3 y 9 z 5x 1 0

iii)

7x 2 z 2 4 y z 0 .

(3+2+3)