Application of Vectors to Geometry
Vector of Class 12
Application of Vectors to Geometry
(a) Bisectors of an angle between the line 
and 
are given
by 
+ sign give internal bisector and – sign gives external bisector.
(b) Section Formula
, ± representing internal and external division.
(c) Equation of straight line
(i) Vector equation of the straight line passing through origin and parallel to 
is given by 
, t being scalar.
(ii) Passing through the point whose position vector 
and parallel to the vector
is given by 
, t being scalar.
(iii) Passing through the points whose position vector are and is 
, t being scalar.
(d) Equation of a Plane
Equation of a plane passing through 
and having a normal vector 
is given as 
= 0.
Note that the plane ax + by + cz + d = 0 has a normal vector as 
.
(i) Perpendicular distance of the line
from the point P (PV being 
) is 
.
(ii) Perpendicular distance of the plane 
from the point p (pv )
= 
.
The condition that two lines
and 
are coplanar is 
The shortest distance between two non-intersecting lines (Skew lines). and is given by 
.
- Introduction
- Linearly independent and dependent vectors
- Collinearity
- Coplanarity
- Scalar or Dot Product
- Vector or Cross Product
- Scalar Triple Product
- Vector Triple Product
- Scalar and Vector Product of Four Vectors
- Reciprocal System of Vector
- Application of Vectors to Geometry
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
