Coordinates of a point in space and distance between two points - One Line Questions
1.
Which of the following points lies in the first octant? —
(1, 2, 3)
2.
What are the coordinates of the origin in a 3D Cartesian system? —
(0, 0, 0)
3.
Which of the following points is closest to the origin? —
(0, -1, 0)
4.
If a point lies on the y-axis, its coordinates are of the form: —
(0, y, 0)
5.
Find the distance of the point P(3, 4, 0) from the xy-plane. —
0
6.
If the distance between (2, y, 1) and (1, 0, 1) is sqrt(2), what is the value of y? —
Any real number
7.
What is the distance of the point (5, 0, 0) from the origin? —
5
8.
What is the distance between the points (1, 2, 3) and (1, 2, 3)? —
0
9.
Find the distance between the points (1, 0, 0) and (0, 1, 0). —
sqrt(2)
10.
Find the distance between the points P(2, 3, 4) and Q(2, 3, 5). —
1
11.
Find the distance between the points P(1, 1, 1) and Q(1, 1, 0). —
1
12.
Find the distance between the points P(1, 2, 3) and Q(1, 2, 4). —
1
13.
What is the distance of the point (1, 2, 3) from the y-axis? —
sqrt(1^2 + 3^2)
14.
What is the distance between the points (1, 0, 0) and (0, 0, 1)? —
sqrt(2)
15.
What is the distance of the point (2, 3, 4) from the xz-plane? —
3
16.
The point (x, y, z) is equidistant from the origin and the point (6, 0, 0). What is the value of x? —
3
17.
Find the distance between the points P(3, 0, 0) and Q(0, 4, 0). —
5
18.
If the distance between (3, 4, 5) and (3, 4, z) is 2, what is the value of z? —
3 or 7
19.
If the distance between (x, 2, 3) and (1, 2, 3) is 5, what is the value of x? —
±6
20.
What is the distance of the point (3, 4, 5) from the origin (0, 0, 0)? —
sqrt(59)
21.
What is the distance of the point (a, b, c) from the yz-plane? —
a
22.
What is the distance of the point (a, b, c) from the xy-plane? —
c
23.
If a point has coordinates (x, y, z), and x=0, y=0, z=0, it represents: —
The origin
24.
What are the coordinates of a point in three-dimensional space? —
Three values (x, y, z)
25.
Calculate the distance between P(0, 0, 0) and Q(a, b, c). —
sqrt(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)
26.
The distance between the points (a, b, c) and (a, b, c+d) is: —
abs(d)
27.
If a point P has coordinates (x, y, z), what is the geometric interpretation of 'x'? —
Its signed distance from the yz-plane
28.
The distance formula between two points P1(x1, y1, z1) and P2(x2, y2, z2) in 3D is given by: —
sqrt((x2 - x1)^2 + (y2 - y1)^2 + (z2 - z1)^2)
29.
Find the distance between P(2, -1, 3) and Q(-1, 2, 1). —
sqrt(22)
30.
A point P has coordinates (5, -3, 2). What is its distance from the origin? —
sqrt(38)
31.
Find the distance between the points P(1, -1, 2) and Q(2, 1, -2). —
sqrt(17)
32.
Calculate the distance between P(1, 2, 3) and the origin. —
sqrt(14)
33.
Calculate the distance between the points A(1, 2, 3) and B(4, 5, 6) in 3D space. —
sqrt(27)
34.
Consider points P(1, 1, 1) and Q(2, 2, 2). What is the distance PQ? —
sqrt(3)
35.
Find the distance between the points A(0, 0, 0) and B(3, 4, 5). —
sqrt(59)
36.
What is the distance between the points (a, 0, 0) and (0, b, 0)? —
sqrt(a^2 + b^2)
37.
What is the distance of the point (a, b, c) from the x-axis? —
sqrt(b^2 + c^2)
38.
What is the distance of the point (a, b, c) from the y-axis? —
sqrt(a^2 + c^2)
39.
What is the distance of the point (a, b, c) from the z-axis? —
sqrt(a^2 + b^2)
40.
In the Cartesian coordinate system for 3D space, what does the first coordinate (x) typically represent? —
The distance along the x-axis
41.
Which axis is perpendicular to both the x-axis and y-axis in a standard 3D Cartesian coordinate system? —
The z-axis
42.
If a point P is in the xy-plane, what is its z-coordinate? —
0
43.
The distance of a point P(x, y, z) from the origin is given by: —
sqrt(x^2 + y^2 + z^2)
44.
A point P is in the yz-plane. What can be said about its x-coordinate? —
x = 0
45.
A point P has coordinates (x, y, z). What is the square of its distance from the origin? —
x^2 + y^2 + z^2
46.
A point with coordinates (0, 0, 5) lies on which axis? —
z-axis
47.
If a point has coordinates (0, y, 0), it lies on which axis? —
y-axis
48.
Find the distance between the points A(x, y, z) and B(x, y, z). —
0
49.
If a point has coordinates (x, 0, z), it lies in which plane? —
xz-plane
50.
If a point lies on the x-axis, what are its y and z coordinates? —
y=0, z=0