Class 12 Maths Revision Notes for Three Dimensional Geometry of Chapter 11

CBSE Class 12 Mathematics Revision Notes Chapter 11 Three Dimensional Geometry

• Direction cosines of a line: Direction cosines of a line are the cosines of the angles made by the line with the positive directions of the coordinate axes.
• are the direct ion cosines of a line, then  
• Direct ion cosines of a line joining two pointsandare 

·   where  

• Direction ratios of a line are the numbers which are proportional to the direct ion cosines of a line.
• If  are the direct ion cosines and   are the direct ion ratios of a line

Then, ,,

• Skew lines: Skew lines are lines in space which are neither parallel nor intersecting. They lie in different planes.
• Angle between two skew lines: Angle between skew lines is the angle between two intersecting lines drawn from any point (preferably through the origin) parallel to each of the skew lines.
• If are the direction cosines of two lines; and  is the acute angle between the two lines; then,

• Vector equation of a line that passes through the given point whose position vector is   and parallel to a given vector 
• Equation of a line through a point    and having direct ion cosines   is 
• The vector equation of a line which passes through two points whose position vectors are  
• Cartesian equation of a line that passes through two points  and  is 
• If  is the acute angle between  and    then, 
• If    and  are the equations of two lines, then the acute angle between the two lines is given by 
• Shortest distance between two skew lines is the line segment perpendicular to both the lines.
• Shortest distance between  and  is 
• Shortest distance between the lines:    and    is

• Distance between parallel lines   and is 
• In the vector form, equation of a plane which is at a distance d from the origin, and is the unit vector normal to the plane through the origin is 
• Equation of a plane which is at a distance of d from the origin and the direction cosines of the normal to the plane as l, m, n is .
• The equation of a plane through a point whose position vector is a and perpendicular to the vector  is .
• Equation of a plane perpendicular to a given line with direction ratios A, B, C and passing through a given point is 
• Equation of a plane passing through three non collinear points ,   
• Vector equation of a plane that contains three non collinear points having position vectors and  is  .
• Equation of a plane that cuts the coordinates axes at  is .
• Vector equation of a plane that passes through the intersection of planes  and  is ,  where  is any non-zero constant.
• Cartesian equation of a plane that passes that passes through the intersection of two given planes  and is
• Two lines  and  are coplanar if 
• Two planes  and    are coplanar if  
• In the vector form, if  is the angle between the two planes,  and , then 
• The angle  between the line  and the plane  is 
• The angle  between the planes  and  is given by 
• The distance of a point whose position vector is  from the plane   is .
• The distance from a point  to the plane Ax + By + Cz + D = 0 is 
• Equation of any plane that is parallel to a plane that is parallel to a plane Ax + By + Cz + D = 0 is Ax + By + Cz + k = 0, where k is a different constant other than D.      

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