Interaction between Two Lines in 3D

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Interaction between Two Lines in 3D: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Shortest Distance between Two Skew Lines, Angle Bisectors of Lines in 3D, Coplanar Lines, Two Intersecting Lines in Vector Form, Interaction between Two or More Lines, Angle between Two Lines in 3D, etc.

Important Questions on Interaction between Two Lines in 3D

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The shortest distance between the lines  :

  r =(1t) i ^ +(t2) j ^ +(32t) k ^ and r =(s+1) i ^ +(2s1) j ^ (2s+1) k ^ is

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The shortest distance between the following lines is

r=(1+λ)i^+(2λ)j^+(λ+1)k^;

r=(2i^j^k^)+μ(2i^+j^+2k^)         

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The equation of the perpendicular drawn from the point (2, 4, 1) to the line   x+5 1 = y+3 4 = z6 9 is :

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The distance of the point (–2, 3, –4) from the line   x+2 3 = 2y+3 4 = 3z+4 5  measured parallel to the plane   4x+12y3z+1=0 would be :

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The shortest distance between the following two lines:

 r=(i^+2j^+3k^)+λ(i3j^+2k^);

r=4+2μi^+5+3μj^+6+μk^.

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What would be the shortest distance between the lines  l1 and l2 whose vector equations are   r = i ^ + j ^ +λ(2 i ^ j ^ + k ^ )  and   r =2 i ^ + j ^ k ^ +μ(3 i ^ 5 j ^ +2 k ^ ) ?

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What would be the shortest distance between the lines  l1 and l2 whose vector equations are   r = i ^ + j ^ +λ(2 i ^ j ^ + k ^ )  and   r =2 i ^ + j ^ k ^ +μ(3 i ^ 5 j ^ +2 k ^ ) ?

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If the lines x-1-3=y-22k=z-32 and x-13k=y-1=z-6-5 are perpendicular, then the value of k is

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Two lines given by r=4i^-5j^+k^+λ2i^+4j^+3k^ and r=2i^-j^+μi^+3j^+2k^ are

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Let two lines L1 and L2 be given by the vector equations r=i^+j^+λ(2i^-j^+k^) and r=2i^+j^-k^+μ(3i^-5j^+2k^) respectively. The shortest distance between L1 and L2 is

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Let L1,L2 and L3 be lines given by

x-13=y-21=z-32,  x+1-1=y-22=z-55 and x+3-3=y-11=z-55

Then,

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The shortest distance between the lines given by

x-13=y-21=z-32 and x+12=y+1-1=z+11

is equal to

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If L1 is a line passing through the origin, and having 2,2,1 as the direction ratios, and if L2 is a line passing through (5,2,3), and having 4,1,8 as the direction ratios, then the cosine of the angle between L1 and L2 is

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Let l0 be the line defined by the vector (equation) i^+2j^+3k^+λ(i^+j^+k^), with λ real. Which of the following vector equations, with μ real, defines a line which intersects l0 ?

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The value of α for which the shortest distance between the lines represented by y+z=0, z+x=0 and x+y=0, x+y+z=α is 1, is

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The set of all non-zero real values of k, for which the lines x-42=y-62=z-8-2k2 and x-22k2=y-84=z-102 are coplanar

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If the shortest distance between the lines x+2λ=2y=-12z, x=y+4λ=6z-12λ is 42 units, then value of λ is

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Find the acute angle between the following lines.

r=i^-j^+t-2i^+2j^+k^,

r=i^-2j^+k^+s2i^-2j^-k^.

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Point of intersection of the lines x-33=y-3-1,z-1=0 and x-62=z-13,y-2=0 is

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The acute angle between the lines r=4i^-j^+ti^+2j^-2k^ andr=i^-2j^+4k^+s-i^-2j^+2k^ is