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JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 2 · Mathematics · Three Dimensional Geometry · hard

Vec r=(1,2,3)+t(1,1,2) and L2: vec r=(2,0,1)+s(2,-1,1).

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Consider the lines L1: r⃗=(1,2,3)+t(1,1,2)L_1:\ \vec r=(1,2,3)+t(1,1,2) and L2: r⃗=(2,0,1)+s(2,−1,1)L_2:\ \vec r=(2,0,1)+s(2,-1,1). Which of the following statements is/are correct?
  1. A. L1L_1 and L2L_2 are coplanar
  2. B. The shortest distance between L1L_1 and L2L_2 is 13\dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}
  3. C. The plane containing L1L_1 and parallel to L2L_2 is x+y−z=0x+y-z=0
  4. D. The common perpendicular meets L1L_1 at (−13,23,13)\left(-\dfrac13,\dfrac23,\dfrac13\right)
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Answer: B, C, D

Let d⃗1=(1,1,2)\vec d_1=(1,1,2), d⃗2=(2,−1,1)\vec d_2=(2,-1,1). Then d⃗1×d⃗2=(3,3,−3)=3(1,1,−1)\vec d_1\times\vec d_2=(3,3,-3)=3(1,1,-1). The vector joining the base points is (1,−2,−2)(1,-2,-2), whose dot product with (1,1,−1)(1,1,-1) is 11. Since it is nonzero, the lines are skew and (A) is false; the distance is ∣1∣3=13\frac{|1|}{\sqrt3}=\frac1{\sqrt3}, so (B) is true. The plane through (1,2,3)(1,2,3) with normal (1,1,−1)(1,1,-1) is x+y−z=0x+y-z=0 (and it contains L1L_1 because d⃗1⋅(1,1,−1)=0\vec d_1\cdot(1,1,-1)=0), so (C) is true. Solving (P−Q)⋅d⃗1=(P−Q)⋅d⃗2=0(P-Q)\cdot\vec d_1=(P-Q)\cdot\vec d_2=0 gives t=−43t=-\frac43, s=−1s=-1, i.e. the foot on L1L_1 is (−13,23,13)\left(-\frac13,\frac23,\frac13\right) and on L2L_2 is (0,1,0)(0,1,0), so (D) is true. Answer: B, C, D.
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