One or more options correct
Consider the lines and , where . Which of the following is/are correct?
- A. and are perpendicular and they do not intersect
- B. The shortest distance between and is
- C. The foot of the common perpendicular on is
- D. The plane containing and parallel to is
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Answer: A, B, D
Directions are and . Since the lines are perpendicular. The common normal direction is with magnitude . The vector from to has dot product with , so the shortest distance is ; lines are skew, hence A and B are true. The plane through the origin with normal contains () and is parallel to (), so D is true. Solving the perpendicularity conditions gives : the feet are and , so C, which claims , is false.
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