JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Three Dimensional Geometry Question Bank System of Co-ordinates, Direction cosines and direction ratios, Projection

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    If the sum of the squares of the distance of a point from the three co-ordinate axes be 36,then its distance from the origin is    

    A)            6

    B)            \[3\sqrt{2}\]

    C)            \[2\sqrt{3}\]

    D)            None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               Let \[P\,(x,\,y,\,z).\] Now under given condition, we get \[{{\left[ \sqrt{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})} \right]}^{2}}+{{\left[ \sqrt{({{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}})} \right]}^{2}}+{{\left[ \sqrt{({{z}^{2}}+{{x}^{2}})} \right]}^{2}}=36\]                    \[\Rightarrow \,\,{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}=18\]            Then distance from origin to the point (x, y, z) is                    \[\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}}=\sqrt{18}=3\sqrt{2}\].


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