One or more options correct
Consider the lines and . Which of the following is/are correct?
- A. and are skew lines and the shortest distance between them is
- B. The acute angle between and is
- C. The plane containing and parallel to is
- D. The foot of the common perpendicular on is
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Answer: A
Directions: , , , so the lines are perpendicular. , . With , , so the shortest distance is : skew lines.
(A) True: distance , and not intersecting.
(B) False: the angle is , not .
(C) False: the plane through parallel to has normal and passes through : , not .
(D) False: solving for the common perpendicular gives ; the feet are on and on , so the stated -coordinate is wrong.
(A) True: distance , and not intersecting.
(B) False: the angle is , not .
(C) False: the plane through parallel to has normal and passes through : , not .
(D) False: solving for the common perpendicular gives ; the feet are on and on , so the stated -coordinate is wrong.
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