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JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 1 · Mathematics · Three Dimensional Geometry · medium

(x-1)/(1)=(y-2)/(-1)=(z-3)/(2) and L2: (x-4)/(2)=y/1=(z+1)/(-1).

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Consider the lines L1: x−11=y−2−1=z−32L_1:\ \dfrac{x-1}{1}=\dfrac{y-2}{-1}=\dfrac{z-3}{2} and L2: x−42=y1=z+1−1L_2:\ \dfrac{x-4}{2}=\dfrac{y}{1}=\dfrac{z+1}{-1}. Which of the following is (are) correct?
  1. A. The shortest distance between L1L_1 and L2L_2 is 5357\dfrac{5\sqrt{35}}{7}
  2. B. The plane containing L1L_1 and parallel to L2L_2 is x−5y−3z+8=0x-5y-3z+8=0
  3. C. The acute angle θ\theta between L1L_1 and L2L_2 satisfies cos⁡θ=13\cos\theta=\dfrac13
  4. D. The foot of the common perpendicular on L1L_1 is (57,167,197)\left(\dfrac57,\dfrac{16}{7},\dfrac{19}{7}\right)
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Answer: A

Direction vectors d⃗1=(1,−1,2)\vec d_1=(1,-1,2), d⃗2=(2,1,−1)\vec d_2=(2,1,-1) give d⃗1×d⃗2=(−1,5,3)\vec d_1\times\vec d_2=(-1,5,3) with magnitude 35\sqrt{35}. (A) With a⃗2−a⃗1=(3,−2,−4)\vec a_2-\vec a_1=(3,-2,-4), the scalar triple product is −3−10−12=−25-3-10-12=-25, so the distance is 25/35=535725/\sqrt{35}=\frac{5\sqrt{35}}{7}; correct. (B) The plane through (1,2,3)(1,2,3) with normal (−1,5,3)(-1,5,3) is x−5y−3z+18=0x-5y-3z+18=0 (the constant +8+8 fails at (1,2,3)(1,2,3)); incorrect. (C) cos⁡θ=∣2−1−2∣66=16\cos\theta=\frac{|2-1-2|}{\sqrt6\sqrt6}=\frac16, not 13\frac13; incorrect. (D) Solving the perpendicularity conditions gives s=−27s=-\tfrac27, so the foot on L1L_1 is (57,167,177)\left(\tfrac57,\tfrac{16}7,\tfrac{17}7\right), and the stated zz-coordinate is wrong; incorrect. Answer: A only. Always compare the numerators carefully: the plane constant, the angle and the foot of the perpendicular are easy to misstate, which is why only the distance claim survives.
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