MEP Practice Book ES18

18 3-D Geometry
18.1 Using Pythagoras' Theorem and
Trigonometry in Three Dimensions
1. Find the length of the longest rod that could be placed in each box shown below.
(a) (b)

10 cm 15 cm
10 cm 30 cm
20 cm
10 cm

(c) (d)

20 cm x
2x
2x
12 cm
5 cm

2. A square-based pyramid is made up of a square and four isosceles triangle with

sides of lengths 6, 6 and 4 cm. Find the height of the pyramid.

P
3. The figure shows a triangle ABC, right-angled at B
and lying in horizontal plane. P is a point vertically
above C. Given that AB = 7 cm, BC = 6 cm and 11 cm
AP = 11 cm, calculate
(a) the length of PC,
C A
(b) ˆ ,
PAC
(c) The angle of elevation of P from B. 6 cm 7 cm

y
4. This shape is a cube with OG = OE = OA = 2. A B
O is the origin.
C
D
(a) Write down the three-dimensional x
O
coordinates of point F. G
(b) Calculate the distance AC.
E
z F

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5. A rectangular box has a horizontal base EFGH.

The corner D is vertically above H. C
Given that DH = 4 cm, HG = 6 cm and GF = 8 cm,
calculate E
D
(a) ˆ ,
DGH 4 cm
F
(b) the length of HF, H
ˆ . 6 cm 8 cm
(c) DFH
G

6. VABCD is a pyramid of height 10 cm. Its base is a

rectangle with AB = 6 cm and BC = 8 cm. V is
vertically above O, the point of intersection of the
diagonals AC and BD. Find
10 cm
(a) the length of VA, D A

(b) ˆ .
VAO O 6 cm
C 8 cm B

B
3 cm
7. The diagram represents a rectangular box. 6 cm
F C
Given that AB = 6 cm, BC = 3 cm and
A
AE = 2 cm, calculate the length of the
diagonal AG. 2 cm
D G
E

8. ABCDV is a right square-based pyramid.

M is the centre of the square base ABCD.
z-axis
The (x, y, z) coordinates of A, B, and C V
are shown on the diagram.
(a) (i) Write down the length of AB.
(ii) Write down the
coordinates of D. y-axis
O
(b) Calculate the coordinates D C (4, 11, 2)
of M.
x-axis M
(c) The z coordinate of V is 9.
A B (10, 11, 2)
What is the height of the (10, 5, 2)
pyramid?
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18.2 Angles and Planes

B C
1. The cube shown in the figure has edges of length 20 cm.
M is the mid-point of AP. Calculate
A D
(a) the length of CM,
Q
(b) the angle CMR, R
M

(c) ˆ .
MSP
P S

2. The diagram shows a rectangular box in which AB = 3 cm, G

AD = 4 cm, BD = 5 cm and DH = 12 cm.
H F
Calculate the length of the straight line BH and E
(a) ˆ
BDC 12 cm
(b) ˆ
BHC
C
(c) ˆ
HBD D 5 cm B
4 cm 3 cm
A

4 cm
A X B
3. The diagram shows a rectangular box which has
a horizontal base EFGH where HG = 15 cm, 7 cm
D C
GF = 8 cm and BF = 7 cm. F
E
X is a point on AB such that XB = 4 cm. 8 cm
Calculate the angles CEG and GXF. H 15 cm G

Q P
4. The diagram shows a right triangular prism with
ˆ = 90° and ABCD lying on a horizontal table.
ABP
12 cm
If AB = 6 cm, AD = 8 cm and AP = 12 cm, calculate
ˆ , B
(a) PAB C
6 cm
(b) the length of PB,
D 8 cm A
(c) ˆ .
PDB

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5. The diagram shows a right pyramid on a horizontal V

rectangular base ABCD. Given that AB = 12 cm,
BC = 16 cm and VA = 26 cm, calculate
(a) the length of AX where X is the mid-point
of AC, 26 cm

(b) the vertical height, VX, of the pyramid,

D C
(c) the angle AVC,
X P 16 cm
(d) the length of VP where P is the mid-point
of BC. A 12 cm B

6. Y X
15 cm
R
S 58˚

H
P 40 cm Q

The diagram shows a triangular prism.

The two triangular faces PSY and QRX are vertical. Two of the three rectangular
ˆ = 90° , while the face PQRS
faces PQXY and SRXY are at right angles, i.e. RXQ
is horizontal.
ˆ , is 58° ,
Given that the angle between the faces SRXY and PQRS, i.e. XRQ
ˆ = 90° , RX = 15 cm and PQ = 40 cm, calculate
XHR
(a) QX,

(b) ˆ .
XPH

7. ABCDEF is a triangular prism, 10 cm long. Not to scale

D
ABC is an equilateral triangle of side 3 cm.
P is the foot of the perpendicular from C to AB. C
F
E
A
(a) Calculate the length of PD. P
B
(b) Calculate the size of the angle between CE and PE.
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