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Geometry Level 5

Find the radius of the circle of intersection of the sphere

x 2 + y 2 + z 2 2 x + 4 y 20 = 0 x^2+y^2+z^2-2x+4y-20=0

by the plane

x + y + 3 z 10 = 0 x+y+3z-10=0



The answer is 3.74.

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Pranjal Jain
Jan 19, 2015

The equation of sphere can be re-written as ( x 1 ) 2 + ( y + 2 ) 2 + z 2 = 5 2 (x-1)^2+(y+2)^2+z^2=5^2

Therefore, centre of sphere is ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) (1,-2,0) and radius is 5 5 .

The distance of point ( x 0 , y 0 , z 0 ) (x_0,y_0,z_0) from a plane a x + b y + c z + d = 0 ax+by+cz+d=0 can be calculated by a x 0 + b y 0 + c z 0 + d a 2 + b 2 + c 2 \left |\dfrac{ax_0+by_0+cz_0+d}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}}\right |

Substituting the values, we get distance between centre of sphere and plane is 11 \sqrt{11} .

Applying Pythagoras theorem, 5 2 = r 2 + 11 2 5^2=r^2+\sqrt{11}^2 . Solving, r = 14 3.74 r=\sqrt{14}≈3.74 .

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Keshav Tiwari - 6 years, 4 months ago

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Thanks for adding a pic. It would make my solution better! ¨ \ddot\smile

Pranjal Jain - 6 years, 4 months ago

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Anytime ! :)

Keshav Tiwari - 6 years, 4 months ago

Centre of the sphere is ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) (1,-2,0) and its radius is 5 units. And distance of point ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) (1,-2,0) from plane x + y + 3 z 10 = 0 x + y + 3z -10 = 0 is 11 \sqrt{11} units. So by Pythagoras Theorem, radius of circle is 5 2 11 = 14 = 3.7416 \sqrt{5^2 - 11} = \sqrt{14} = 3.7416 units.

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Rohit Shah
Jan 18, 2015

Find distance of centre from plane and apply Pythagoras to get radius of cross section.

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Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 4 months ago

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