Direction Angles, Cosines and Direction Ratios
Direction Angles, Cosines and Direction Ratios: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Directions Cosines of a Line, Direction Ratios of a Line, Direction Cosines of Axes and Parallel Lines in 3Detc.
Important Questions on Direction Angles, Cosines and Direction Ratios
Consider two lines whose direction ratios are and . They are inclined at an angle .
What are the direction ratios of a line which is perpendicular to both the lines?

Consider two lines whose direction ratios are and . They are inclined at an angle .
What is the value of ?

Let a line pass through the origin and be perpendicular to the lines and
. If is the point of intersection of and , and , is the foot of perpendicular from on , then is equal to ________.

Let and be the vertices of the rhombus If the direction ratios of the diagonal are , where both are integers of minimum absolute values, then is equal to

If direction ratios of a line are and it makes and angle of with axis, then a value of is

Which of the following statement is true?

Anuj and Tara are flying kites from their rooftops. Anuj's kite's string is represented by a straight line, given by Tara's position is at and her kite's string is perpendicular to Anuj's. Find out how far Tara is from where the kite strings intersect. Show your work.

A line makes an angle of 135° with the positive direction of the x-axis, and an angle of 300° with the positive direction of the y-axis. Which of the following could be the angle it makes with the negative direction of the z axis?

Write the direction cosines of the line, whose Cartesian equations are

If then write the direction cosines of ?

The direction ratios of a normal to the plane passing through and are

A line is inclined at an angle with the positive direction of axes respectively. If , then the maximum possible value of is equal to

and Find the angle between lines.

The angle between the pair of lines and is

Let and . If is the acute angle between the lines and then

If are the direction ratios of a ray passing through the point and also the mid point of the line segment joining the points and then

If are the direction ratios of a line joining the points and then the point lies on the plane

If $\theta$ is angle between the lines and , then

If the direction ratios of a line are , then the direction cosines of the line are

If the direction ratios of a line satisfy the relation and , then the direction cosines of the line are
