Review for Analytic Geometry in Three Dimensions

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 1.  Find the distance between (-3,2,5) and (6,1,2).

 2.  Find the area of the triangle with the following vertices (0,2,-1), (2,2,-3), and (-1,0,5).

 3.  Calculate the distance between the point (2,-1,4) and the plane 3x + 5y - 2z = 11.

 4.  Find an equation of the plane that passes through the points (2,-1,2), (-3,7,1), and (3,1,2).

 5.  Calculate the angle between u = 3i - j + 2k and v = -i + 4j + 5k.

 6.  Find the midpoint of the line segment connecting (2,1,5) and (4,-1,3).

 7.  Find the area of the parallelogram having u = i + 3j + 2k and v = 5i - 4j + k as adjacent sides.

 8.  Find an equation for the sphere that has points (2, 1, 7) and (4, -2, 1) as endpoints of a diameter.

 9.  A vector v has initial point (3,1,6) and terminal point (-2,1,-8).  Write v in component form.

10.  A vector v has initial point (3,1,6) and terminal point (-2,1,-8).  Write v as a linear combination of
       the standard unit vectors.

11.  A vector v has initial point (3,1,6) and terminal point (-2,1,-8).  Find the magnitude of v.

12.  A vector v has initial point (3,1,6) and terminal point (-2,1,-8).  Find the unit vector in the direction
       of v.

13.  A vector v has initial point (3,1,6) and terminal point (-2,1,-8).  Find the unit vector in the direction
       opposite that of v.

14.  Find the center and radius of the sphere given by the equation
       3x2 + 3y2 + 3z2 - 12x - 15y - 21z - 100 = 0.

15.  Find the initial point of the vector v = 4i - 2 if the terminal point is (1,5,2).

16.  Let u = -i + 2j - 3k and w = 2i - j - k.  Calculate a vector orthogonal to both u and v.

17.  Find the volume of a parallelepiped that has u = 2j + k, v = 2i + 4k, and w = i + 2j - 6k as
       adjacent sides.

18.  Find parametric equations for the line through the point (2,-3,1) and parallel to the line
        x - 2 = y + 5 = z - 1 .
          3          4          2

19.  Sketch the plane:  2x - 5y + 3z = 30

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