Three Dimensional Geometry Question 147

Question: The points (5, ? 4, 2), (4, ?3, 1), (7, ? 6, 4) and (8, ?7, 5) are the vertices of

[RPET 2002]

Options:

A) A rectangle

B) A square

C) A parallelogram

D) None of these

Show Answer

Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

Let $ A(5,,-4,,2) $ , $ B(4,,-3,,1), $ $ C(7,,-6,,4) $ and $ D(8,,-7,,5) $ . Then $ AB=\sqrt{1+1+1}=\sqrt{3} $ , $ BC=\sqrt{9+9+9}=3\sqrt{3} $ , $ CD=\sqrt{1+1+1}=\sqrt{3} $ $ AD=\sqrt{9+9+9}=3\sqrt{3} $ . But $ \overrightarrow{AB},.,\overrightarrow{BC}\ne 0 $ Let the angle between AB and BC be $ \theta $ , then $ \cos \theta =-1\Rightarrow \theta =\pi $ . Hence option is correct.