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JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 1 · Mathematics · Straight Lines and Circles · medium

(x-1)/(1)=(y-2)/(1)=(z-3)/(2) and L2: x/2=(y-1)/(-1)=(z+1)/(1).

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Consider the lines L1: x−11=y−21=z−32L_1:\ \dfrac{x-1}{1}=\dfrac{y-2}{1}=\dfrac{z-3}{2} and L2: x2=y−1−1=z+11L_2:\ \dfrac{x}{2}=\dfrac{y-1}{-1}=\dfrac{z+1}{1}. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
  1. A. L1L_1 and L2L_2 are skew lines
  2. B. The shortest distance between L1L_1 and L2L_2 is 23\dfrac{2}{\sqrt3}
  3. C. The common perpendicular to L1L_1 and L2L_2 meets L2L_2 at the point (2,0,0)(2,0,0)
  4. D. The plane containing L2L_2 and parallel to L1L_1 is x+y−z=2x+y-z=2
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Answer: A, B, D

Directions are d⃗1=(1,1,2)\vec d_1=(1,1,2) and d⃗2=(2,−1,1)\vec d_2=(2,-1,1), and n⃗=d⃗1×d⃗2=(3,3,−3)∥(1,1,−1)\vec n=\vec d_1\times\vec d_2=(3,3,-3)\parallel(1,1,-1). The vector between the points (1,2,3)(1,2,3) and (0,1,−1)(0,1,-1) is (−1,−1,−4)(-1,-1,-4); its dot product with (3,3,−3)(3,3,-3) is 6≠06\ne0, so the lines are not coplanar and are skew (A true). The shortest distance is ∣6∣27=23\frac{|6|}{\sqrt{27}}=\frac2{\sqrt3} (B true). Solving for the feet of the common perpendicular gives (−23,13,−13)(-\frac23,\frac13,-\frac13) on L1L_1 and (0,1,−1)(0,1,-1) on L2L_2, not (2,0,0)(2,0,0) (C false). The plane through (0,1,−1)(0,1,-1) with normal (1,1,−1)(1,1,-1) is x+y−z=2x+y-z=2 (D true).
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