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Find the shortest distance between the following pairs of lines whose vector equations are: \[\overrightarrow{r} = \left( 3 \hat{i} + 5 \hat{j} + 7 \hat{k} \right) + \lambda\left( \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} + 7 \hat{k} \right) \text{ and } \overrightarrow{r} = - \hat{i} - \hat{j} - \hat{k} + \mu\left( 7 \hat{i} - 6 \hat{j} + \hat{k} \right)\]
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Solution
\[\overrightarrow{r} = \left( 3 \hat{i} + 5 \hat{j} + 7 \hat{k} \right) + \lambda\left( \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} + 7 \hat{k} \right) \text{ and } \overrightarrow{r} = - \hat{i} - \hat{j} - \hat{k} + \mu\left( 7 \hat{i} - 6 \hat{j} + \hat{k} \right)\]
Comparing the given equations with the equations
\[\overrightarrow{r} = \overrightarrow{a_1} + \lambda \overrightarrow{b_1} \text{ and } \overrightarrow{r} = \overrightarrow{a_2} + \mu \overrightarrow{b_2}\] ,
we get ,
\[\overrightarrow{a_1} = 3 \hat{i} + 5 \hat{j} + 7 \hat{k} \]
\[ \overrightarrow{a_2} = - \hat{i} - \hat{j} - \hat{k} \]
\[ \overrightarrow{b_1} = \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} + 7 \hat{k} \]
\[ \overrightarrow{b_2} = 7 \hat{i} - 6 \hat{j} + \hat{k} \]
\[ \therefore \overrightarrow{a_2} - \overrightarrow{a_1} = - 4 \hat{i} - 6 \hat{j} - 8 \hat{k} \]
\[\text { and }\overrightarrow{b_1} \times \overrightarrow{b_2} = \begin{vmatrix}\hat{i} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} \\ 1 & - 2 & 7 \\ 7 & - 6 & 1\end{vmatrix}\]
\[ = 40 \hat{i} + 48 \hat{j} + 8 \hat{k} \]
\[ \Rightarrow \left| \overrightarrow{b_1} \times \overrightarrow{b_2} \right| = \sqrt{{40}^2 + {48}^2 + 8^2}\]
\[ = \sqrt{1600 + 2304 + 64}\]
\[ = \sqrt{3968}\]
\[\left( \overrightarrow{a_2} - \overrightarrow{a_1} \right) . \left( \overrightarrow{b_1} \times \overrightarrow{b_2} \right) = \left( - 4 \hat{i} - 6 \hat{j} - 8 \hat{k} \right) . \left( 40 \hat{i} + 48 \hat{j} + 8 \hat{k} \right)\]
\[ = - 160 - 288 - 64\]
\[ = - 512\]
The shortest distance between the lines ,
\[\overrightarrow{r} = \overrightarrow{a_1} + \lambda \overrightarrow{b_1} \text{ and } \overrightarrow{r} = \overrightarrow{a_2} + \mu \overrightarrow{b_2}\] is given by
\[d = \left| \frac{\left( \overrightarrow{a_2} - \overrightarrow{a_1} \right) . \left( \overrightarrow{b_1} \times \overrightarrow{b_2} \right)}{\left| \overrightarrow{b_1} \times \overrightarrow{b_2} \right|} \right|\]
\[ = \left| \frac{- 512}{\sqrt{3968}} \right|\]
\[ = \frac{512}{\sqrt{3968}}\]
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