List of top Mathematics Questions on Geometry and Vectors

Let the point \( A \) divide the line segment joining the points \( P(-1, -1, 2) \) and \( Q(5, 5, 10) \) internally in the ratio \( r : 1 \) (\( r > 0 \)). If \( O \) is the origin and \[ \left( \frac{|\overrightarrow{OQ} \cdot \overrightarrow{OA}|}{5} \right) - \frac{1}{5} |\overrightarrow{OP} \times \overrightarrow{OA}|^2 = 10, \] then the value of \( r \) is:
The distance of the line \( \frac{x - 2}{2} = \frac{y - 6}{3} = \frac{z - 3}{4} \) from the point \( (1, 4, 0) \) along the line \( \frac{x}{1} = \frac{y - 2}{2} = \frac{z + 3}{3} \) is:

If the area of the larger portion bounded between the curves \(x^2 + y^2 = 25\) and \(y = |x - 1|\) is \( \frac{1}{4} (b\pi + c) \), where \(b, c \in \mathbb{N}\), then \( b + c \) is equal                    .

Let the circle C touch the line \(x - y + 1 = 0\), have the center on the positive x-axis, and cut off a chord of length \( \frac{4}{\sqrt{13}} \) along the line \( -3x + 2y = 1 \). Let H be the hyperbola \( \frac{x^2}{\alpha^2} - \frac{y^2}{\beta^2} = 1 \), whose one of the foci is the center of C and the length of the transverse axis is the diameter of C. Then \( 2\alpha^2 + 3\beta^2 \) is equal to:
Let the position vectors of the vertices A, B, and C of a tetrahedron ABCD be \( \hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + \hat{k} \), \( \hat{i} + 3\hat{j} - 2\hat{k} \), and \( 2\hat{i} + \hat{j} - \hat{k} \) respectively. The altitude from the vertex D to the opposite face ABC meets the median line segment through A of the triangle ABC at the point E. If the length of AD is \( \frac{\sqrt{10}}{3} \) and the volume of the tetrahedron is \( \frac{\sqrt{805}}{6\sqrt{2}} \), then the position vector of E is:
Let the area of a triangle \( \triangle PQR \) with vertices \( P(5, 4) \), \( Q(-2, 4) \), and \( R(a, b) \) be 35 square units. If its orthocenter and centroid are \( O(2, \frac{14}{5}) \) and \( C(c, d) \) respectively, then \( c + 2d \) is equal to:
Let \( \frac{\overline{z} - i}{z - i} = \frac{1}{3}, \, z \in \mathbb{C} \), be the equation of a circle with center at \( C \). If the area of the triangle, whose vertices are at the points \( (0, 0), C \) and \( (\alpha, 0) \), is 11 square units, then \( \alpha^2 \) equals:
Let P be the foot of the perpendicular from the point \( Q(10,-3,-1) \) on the line: \[ \frac{x-3}{7} = \frac{y-2}{-1} = \frac{z+1}{-2}. \] Then the area of the right-angled triangle PQR, where R is the point \( (3,-2,1) \), is:
Let the arc AC of a circle subtend a right angle at the center O. If the point B on the arc AC divides the arc AC such that: \[ \frac{\text{length of arc AB}}{\text{length of arc BC}} = \frac{1}{5} \] and \[ \overrightarrow{OC} = \alpha \overrightarrow{OA} + \beta \overrightarrow{OB}, \] then \( \alpha = \sqrt{2} (\sqrt{3}-1) \beta \) is equal to:
Let a line pass through two distinct points \( P(-2, -1, 3) \) and \( Q \), and be parallel to the vector \( 3\hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + 2\hat{k} \). If the distance of the point \( Q \) from the point \( R(1, 3, 3) \) is 5, then the square of the area of \( \triangle PQR \) is equal to:
Let \( \mathbf{a} \) and \( \mathbf{b} \) be two unit vectors such that the angle between them is \( \frac{\pi}{3} \). If \( \lambda \mathbf{a} + 2 \mathbf{b} \) and \( 3 \mathbf{a} - \lambda \mathbf{b} \) are perpendicular to each other, then the number of values of \( \lambda \) in \( [-1, 3] \) is:
The distance of the point \( P(1, 2, 3) \) from the plane \( 3x - 4y + 12z - 7 = 0 \) is:

If \( \vec{u}, \vec{v}, \vec{w} \) are non-coplanar vectors and \( p, q \) are real numbers, then the equality:

\[ [3\vec{u} \quad p\vec{v} \quad p\vec{w}] - [p\vec{v} \quad \vec{w} \quad q\vec{u}] - [2\vec{w} \quad q\vec{v} \quad q\vec{u}] = 0 \]

holds for:

Let \(\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}\) be position vectors of three non-collinear points on a plane. If

\[ \alpha = \left[\mathbf{a} \quad \mathbf{b} \quad \mathbf{c}\right] \text{ and } \mathbf{r} = \mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b} - \mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{b} - \mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{c}, \]

Then \(\frac{|\alpha|}{|\mathbf{r}|}\) represents:

If

\[ P = (a \times \mathbf{i})^2 + (a \times \mathbf{j})^2 + (a \times \mathbf{k})^2 \]

and

\[ Q = (a \cdot \mathbf{i})^2 + (a \cdot \mathbf{j})^2 + (a \cdot \mathbf{k})^2, \]

Then find the relation between \(P\) and \(Q\).

Given vectors \(\mathbf{a} = \mathbf{i} + \mathbf{j} - 2\mathbf{k}\), \(\mathbf{b} = \mathbf{i} + 2\mathbf{j} - 3\mathbf{k}\), \(\mathbf{c} = 2\mathbf{i} - \mathbf{j} + \mathbf{k}\), and \(\mathbf{r}\) such that

\[ \mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{a} = 0, \\ \mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{c} = 3, \\ [\mathbf{r} \quad \mathbf{a} \quad \mathbf{b}] = 0, \]

Then find \(|\mathbf{r}|\). 

If the position vectors of A, B, C, D are \( \vec{A} = \hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + 2\hat{k}, \vec{B} = 2\hat{i} - \hat{j}, \vec{C} = \hat{i} + \hat{j} + 3\hat{k}, \vec{D} = 4\hat{j} + 5\hat{k} \), then the quadrilateral ABCD is a:
If \( \sum\limits_{i=1}^{9} (x_i - 5) = 9 \) and \( \sum\limits_{i=1}^{9} (x_i - 5)^2 = 45 \), then the standard deviation of the nine observations \( x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_9 \) is
Let \( \vec{a} = 2\hat{i} + \hat{j} + 3\hat{k} \), \( \vec{b} = 3\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} + \hat{k} \), and \( \vec{c} = \hat{i} - 2\hat{j} + 3\hat{k} \) be three vectors. If \( \vec{r} \) is a vector such that \( \vec{r} \times \vec{a} = \vec{r} \times \vec{b} \) and \( \vec{r} . \vec{c} = 18 \), then the magnitude of the orthogonal projection of \( 4\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} - \hat{k} \) on \( \vec{r} \) is:
The set of all real values of \( c \) so that the angle between the vectors
\( \vec{a} = c\hat{i} - 6\hat{j} + 3\hat{k} \) and \( \vec{b} = x\hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + 2c\hat{k} \) is an obtuse angle for all real \( x \), is:
Line \(L_1\) passes through the points \(\mathbf{i} + \mathbf{j}\) and \(\mathbf{k} - \mathbf{i}\). Line \(L_2\) passes through the point \(\mathbf{j} + 2\mathbf{k}\) and is parallel to the vector \(\mathbf{i} + \mathbf{j} + \mathbf{k}\). If \(\mathbf{x}i + \mathbf{y}j + \mathbf{z}k\) is the point of intersection of the lines \(L_1\) and \(L_2\), then find \((y - x) =\)
Let \(\mathbf{a} = \mathbf{i} + 2\mathbf{j} - \mathbf{k}\) and \(\mathbf{b} = 6\mathbf{i} - \mathbf{j} + 2\mathbf{k}\) be two vectors. If \[ |\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}|^2 + |\mathbf{a} . \mathbf{b}|^2 = f(x,y)(x+y) - 46 = 0, \] then what does this represent?
Let \( \vec{a} = 2\vec{i} + \vec{j} - 2\vec{k} \) and \( \vec{b} = \vec{i} + \vec{j} \) be two vectors. If \( \vec{c} \) is a vector such that \( \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c} = |\vec{c}| \), \( |\vec{c} - \vec{a}| = 2\sqrt{2} \) and the angle between \( \vec{a} \times \vec{b} \) and \( \vec{c} \) is \( 30^\circ \), then \( |(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}| = \)
If \( \vec{i} + \vec{j} - \vec{k}, -\vec{i} + 2\vec{j} + \vec{k}, \vec{j} + 2\vec{k}, 2\vec{i} - \vec{j} + 2\vec{k} \) are the position vectors of four points \( A, B, C, D \) respectively, then the shortest distance between the lines \( AB \) and \( CD \) is:
A unit vector that is perpendicular to the vector \( 2\vec{i} - \vec{j} + 2\vec{k} \) and coplanar with the vectors \( \vec{i} + \vec{j} - \vec{k} \) and \( 2\vec{i} - 2\vec{j} - \vec{k} \) is