3D Geometry 3 Question 7

####7. If Q(0,1,3) is the image of the point P in the plane 3xy+4z=2 and R is the point (3,1,2), then the area (in sq units) of PQR is

(a) 912

(b) 213

(c) 914

(d) 652

(2019 Main, 10 April I)

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Answwer:

(a)

Solution:

  1. Given, equation of plane 3xy+4z=2…(i) and the point Q(0,1,3) is the image of point P in the plane (i), so point P is also image of point Q w.r.t. plane (i).

Let the coordinates of point P is (x1,y1,z1), then

x103=y1+11=z1+34=2[3(0)1(1)+4(3)2]32+(1)2+42

[ image of the point (x1,y1,z1) in the plane ax+by+cz+d=0 is (x,y,z), where

xx1a=yy1b=zz1c=2(ax1+by1+cz1+d)a2+b2+c2]x103=y1+11=z1+34=2(1122)26=2626=1P(x1,y1,z1)=(3,2,1)

Now, area of PQR, where point R(3,1,2)

=12|PQ×PR|=12|(3i^+j^4k^)×(0i^+j^3k^)|=12|i^j^k^314013|=12|i^9j^3k^|=121+81+9=912 squnits 



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