BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2013

  • question_answer
    The area of the triangle whose vertices are A (1, 2, 3), \[B(2,-1,1)\]and \[C(1,2,-4)\]is

    A)  \[7\sqrt{10}\,sq\]units

    B)         \[\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{10}\,\text{sq}\,\text{units}\]

    C)         \[\frac{7}{2}\sqrt{10}\,\text{sq}\,\text{units}\]

    D)         None of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Let \[{{A}_{x}}{{A}_{y}}\]and \[{{A}_{z}}\]be the areas of projection of \[\Delta \Alpha \Beta C\] on \[yz,zx\]and \[xy-\]planes. Then, \[{{A}_{x}}=\frac{1}{2}\times \text{Absolute}\,\text{values}\,\text{of}\,\left| \begin{matrix}    2 & 3 & 1  \\    -1 & 1 & 1  \\    2 & -4 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|=\frac{21}{2}\] \[{{A}_{y}}=\frac{1}{2}\times \text{Absolute}\,\text{values}\,\text{of}\,\left| \begin{matrix}    3 & 1 & 1  \\    1 & 2 & 1  \\    -4 & 1 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|=\frac{7}{2}\] and \[{{A}_{z}}=\frac{1}{2}\times \text{Absolute}\,\text{values}\,\text{of}\,\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 2 & 1  \\    2 & -1 & 1  \\    1 & 2 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] \[=0\]                 \[\therefore \]Area of \[\Delta \Alpha \Beta C=\sqrt{{{A}_{x}}^{2}+{{A}_{y}}^{2}+{{A}_{z}}^{2}}\]                 \[=\sqrt{\frac{441}{4}+\frac{49}{4}+0}=\frac{7}{2}\sqrt{10}\,\text{sq}\,\text{units}\]


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