Sphere
Sphere: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as A Sphere, Equations of a Sphere, Condition for a Sphere to Touch Coordinate Planes, Area Cut by a Sphere on Coordinate Planes, Condition for a Sphere to Touch a Plane, Area Cut by a Sphere on a Plane, etc.
Important Questions on Sphere
A variable sphere of constant radius passes through the point and touches the -plane. The locus of the centre of the sphere is

For , define . For and , the maximum value of satisfying is

A spherical ball is kept at the corner of a rectangular room such that the ball touches two (perpendicular) walls and lies on the floor. If a point on the sphere is at distance of from the two walls and the floor, then a possible radius of the sphere is

The shortest distance from the origin to a variable point on the sphere

The radius of the circle in which the sphere is cut by the plane is

The shortest distance from the plane to the sphere is


The plane cuts the sphere in a circle of radius

If two spheres of radii and cut orthogonally, then the radius of the common circle is

Co-ordinate of a point equidistant from the points is

If a sphere of radius passes through the origin, then the extremities of the diameter parallel to -axis lie on each of the spheres

The centre of sphere passes through four points is

Which of the following is an equation of a sphere?

The plane of intersection of spheres and
is

The equation of sphere which passes through the sphere , the plane and point (1, 2, 3) is

The shortest distance from the point to the surface of the sphere is

Let and are the end points of a diameter of sphere. Then, the radius of the sphere is equal to

The smallest radius of the sphere passing through (1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0) and (0, 0, 1) is


If the plane touches the sphere , , then the value of is,
