One or more options correct
Consider the lines and . Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- A. and are skew lines
- B. The shortest distance between and is
- C. The common perpendicular to and meets at the point
- D. The plane containing and parallel to is
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Answer: A, B, D
Directions are and , and . The vector between the points and is ; its dot product with is , so the lines are not coplanar and are skew (A true). The shortest distance is (B true). Solving for the feet of the common perpendicular gives on and on , not (C false). The plane through with normal is (D true).
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