English

Find the Shortest Distance Between the Lines r=(4i-j)+λ(i+2j-3k) and r=(i-j+2k)+μ(i+4j-5k)

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

Find the shortest distance between the lines

`bar r = (4 hat i - hat j) + lambda(hat i + 2 hat j - 3 hat k)`

and

`bar r = (hat i - hat j + 2 hat k) + mu(hat i + 4 hat j -5 hat k)`

where λ and μ are parameters

 
Sum
Advertisements

Solution

Equation of lines are.,

`bar r = (4 bar"i"-bar "j") + lambda(bar"i" +2bar"j" -3bar"k")` & 

`bar r = (hat i - hat j + 2 hat k) + mu(hat i + 4 hat j -5 hat k)`

∴ above lines passes through

`bar"a"_1 = (4 bar"i" - bar"j") "and" bar"a"_2 = (bar "i" - bar"j" + 2bar"k")`

and parallel to

`bar"b"_1 = bar"i" + 2bar"j" - 3bar"k"  &  bar"b"_2 = bar"i" - 4bar"j" -  5bar"k"`

Shortest distance =`|((bar"a"_2 - bar"a"_1).(bar"b"_1 xx bar"b"_2))/|(bar"b"_1 xx bar"b"_2)||`

`=> bar"a"_2 - bar"a"_1 = -3bar"j" + 2bar"k"`

`bar"b"_1 xx bar"b"_2 = |(bar"i",bar"j" , bar"k"),(1,2,-3),(1,4,-5)| = 2bar"i" +2bar"j" + 2bar"k"`

`therefore |bar"b"_1 xx bar"b"_2| = 2sqrt3`

Shortest distance = `|((-3bar"i"+2bar"k").(2bar"i" + 2bar"j" + 2bar"k"))/(2sqrt3)|`

`= |(-6+4)/(2sqrt3)|`

`= |-2/(2sqrt3)|`

`"d" = 1/sqrt3 "units"`

shaalaa.com
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
2015-2016 (March)

APPEARS IN

RELATED QUESTIONS

If the lines

`(x-1)/-3=(y-2)/(2k)=(z-3)/2 and (x-1)/(3k)=(y-5)/1=(z-6)/-5`

are at right angle then find the value of k

 

Show that the following two lines are coplanar:

`(x−a+d)/(α−δ)= (y−a)/α=(z−a−d)/(α+δ) and (x−b+c)/(β−γ)=(y−b)/β=(z−b−c)/(β+γ)`


Find the distance between the planes 2x - y +  2z = 5 and 5x - 2.5y + 5z = 20


Find the shortest distance between the lines.

`(x + 1)/7 = (y + 1)/(- 6) = (z + 1)/1` and `(x - 3)/1 = (y - 5)/(- 2) = (z - 7)/1`.


Find the shortest distance between the lines whose vector equations are `vecr = (hati + 2hatj + 3hatk) + lambda(hati - 3hatj + 2hatk)` and `vecr = 4hati + 5hatj + 6hatk + mu(2hati + 3hatj + hatk)`.


Find the shortest distance between the lines `(x+1)/7=(y+1)/(-6)=(z+1)/1 and (x-3)/1=(y-5)/(-2)=(z-7)/1`


Find the shortest distance between the lines `vecr = (4hati - hatj) + lambda(hati+2hatj-3hatk)` and `vecr = (hati - hatj + 2hatk) + mu(2hati + 4hatj - 5hatk)`


Find the shortest distance between the lines `vec r = hat i + 2hat j + 3 hat k +  lambda(2 hat i +  3hatj +  4hatk)` and `vec r =  2hat i +  4 hat j + 5 hat k +  mu (4hat i + 6 hat j +  8 hat k)`


Find the shortest distance between the lines 

\[\frac{x + 1}{7} = \frac{y + 1}{- 6} = \frac{z + 1}{1} \text{ and } \frac{x - 3}{1} = \frac{y - 5}{- 2} = \frac{z - 7}{1} .\]
 

Find the shortest distance between the lines given by `vec"r" = (8 + 3lambdahat"i" - (9 + 16lambda)hat"j" + (10 + 7lambda)hat"k"` and `vec"r" = 15hat"i" + 29hat"j" + 5hat"k" + mu(3hat"i" + 8hat"j" - 5hat"k")`


The fuel cost per hour for running a train is proportional to the square of the speed it generates in km per hour. If the fuel costs ₹ 48 per hour at a speed of 16 km per hour and the fixed charges to run the train amount to ₹ 1200 per hour. Assume the speed of the train as v km/h.

Given that the fuel cost per hour is k times the square of the speed the train generates in km/h, the value of k is:


The fuel cost per hour for running a train is proportional to the square of the speed it generates in km per hour. If the fuel costs ₹ 48 per hour at a speed of 16 km per hour and the fixed charges to run the train amount to ₹ 1200 per hour. Assume the speed of the train as v km/h.

If the train has travelled a distance of 500 km, then the total cost of running the train is given by the function:


The fuel cost per hour for running a train is proportional to the square of the speed it generates in km per hour. If the fuel costs ₹ 48 per hour at a speed of 16 km per hour and the fixed charges to run the train amount to ₹ 1200 per hour. Assume the speed of the train as v km/h.

The fuel cost for the train to travel 500 km at the most economical speed is:


The fuel cost per hour for running a train is proportional to the square of the speed it generates in km per hour. If the fuel costs ₹ 48 per hour at a speed of 16 km per hour and the fixed charges to run the train amount to ₹ 1200 per hour. Assume the speed of the train as v km/h.

The total cost of the train to travel 500 km at the most economical speed is:


Find the equation of line which passes through the point (1, 2, 3) and is parallel to the vector `3hati + 2hatj - 2hatk`


Find the angle between the following pair of lines:- `(x - 2)/ = (y - 1)/5 = (z + 3)/(-3)` and `(x + 2)/(-1) = (y - 4)/8 = (z - 5)/4`


What will be the shortest distance between the lines, `vecr = (hati + 2hatj + hatk) + lambda(hati - hatj + hatk)` and `vecr = (2hati - hatj - hatk) + mu(2hati + hatj + 2hatk)`


Determine the distance from the origin to the plane in the following case x + y + z = 1


Distance between the planes :- 

`2x + 3y + 4z = 4` and `4x + 6y + 8z = 12` is


The planes `2x - y + 4z` = 5 and `5x - 2.5y + 10z` = 6


Find the shortest distance between the lines, `vecr = 6hati + 2hatj + 2hatk + lambda(hati - 2hatj + 2hatk)` and `vecr = - 4hati - hatk + mu(3hati - 2hatj - 2hatk)`


An insect is crawling along the line `barr = 6hati + 2hatj + 2hatk + λ(hati - 2hatj + 2hatk)` and another insect is crawling along the line `barr = - 4hati - hatk + μ(3hati - 2hatj - 2hatk)`. At what points on the lines should they reach so that the distance between them s the shortest? Find the shortest possible distance between them.


Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Two motorcycles A and B are running at the speed more than the allowed speed on the roads represented by the lines `vecr = λ(hati + 2hatj - hatk)` and `vecr = (3hati + 3hatj) + μ(2hati + hatj + hatk)` respectively.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

  1. Find the shortest distance between the given lines.
  2. Find the point at which the motorcycles may collide.

Find the shortest distance between the following lines:

`vecr = 3hati + 5hatj + 7hatk + λ(hati - 2hatj + hatk)` and `vecr = (-hati - hatj - hatk) + μ(7hati - 6hatj + hatk)`.


The largest value of a, for which the perpendicular distance of the plane containing the lines `vec"r" = (hat"i" + hat"j") + λ(hat"i" + "a"hat"j" - hat"k")` and `vec"r" = (hat"i" + hat"j") + μ(-hat"i" + hat"j" - "a"hat"k")` from the point (2, 1, 4) is `sqrt(3)`, is ______.


If the shortest distance between the lines `(x - 1)/2 = (y - 2)/3 = (z - 3)/λ` and `(x - 2)/1 = (y - 4)/4 = (z - 5)/5` is `1/sqrt(3)`, then the sum of all possible values of λ is ______.


Show that the line whose vector equation is `vecr = (2hati - 2hatj + 3hatk) + λ(hati - hatj + 4hatk)` is parallel to the plane whose vector equation is `vecr.(hati + 5hatj + hatk) = 5`. Also find the distance between them.


Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×