Arts (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

Write the direction cosines of the line \[\frac{x - 2}{2} = \frac{2y - 5}{- 3}, z = 2 .\]

Write the coordinate axis to which the line \[\frac{x - 2}{3} = \frac{y + 1}{4} = \frac{z - 1}{0}\]  is  perpendicular.

Write the angle between the lines \[\frac{x - 5}{7} = \frac{y + 2}{- 5} = \frac{z - 2}{1} \text{ and } \frac{x - 1}{1} = \frac{y}{2} = \frac{z - 1}{3} .\]

Write the value of λ for which the lines  \[\frac{x - 3}{- 3} = \frac{y + 2}{2\lambda} = \frac{z + 4}{2} \text{ and } \frac{x + 1}{3\lambda} = \frac{y - 2}{1} = \frac{z + 6}{- 5}\]  are perpendicular to each other.

Write the formula for the shortest distance between the lines 

\[\overrightarrow{r} = \overrightarrow{a_1} + \lambda \overrightarrow{b} \text{ and }  \overrightarrow{r} = \overrightarrow{a_2} + \mu \overrightarrow{b} .\] 

Write the condition for the lines  \[\vec{r} = \overrightarrow{a_1} + \lambda \overrightarrow{b_1} \text{ and  } \overrightarrow{r} = \overrightarrow{a_2} + \mu \overrightarrow{b_2}\] to be intersecting.

The cartesian equations of a line AB are  \[\frac{2x - 1}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{y + 2}{2} = \frac{z - 3}{3} .\]   Find the direction cosines of a line parallel to AB. 

If the equations of a line AB are 

\[\frac{3 - x}{1} = \frac{y + 2}{- 2} = \frac{z - 5}{4},\] write the direction ratios of a line parallel to AB. 

Write the vector equation of a line given by \[\frac{x - 5}{3} = \frac{y + 4}{7} = \frac{z - 6}{2} .\]

The equations of a line are given by \[\frac{4 - x}{3} = \frac{y + 3}{3} = \frac{z + 2}{6} .\]  Write the direction cosines of a line parallel to this line.

Find the Cartesian equations of the line which passes through the point (−2, 4 , −5) and is parallel to the line \[\frac{x + 3}{3} = \frac{4 - y}{5} = \frac{z + 8}{6} .\]

Find the angle between the lines 

\[\vec{r} = \left( 2 \hat{i}  - 5 \hat{j}  + \hat{k}  \right) + \lambda\left( 3 \hat{i}  + 2 \hat{j}  + 6 \hat{k}  \right)\] and \[\vec{r} = 7 \hat{i} - 6 \hat{k}  + \mu\left( \hat{i}  + 2 \hat{j}  + 2 \hat{k}  \right)\] 

Find the angle between the lines 2x=3y=-z and 6x =-y=-4z.

The angle between the straight lines \[\frac{x + 1}{2} = \frac{y - 2}{5} = \frac{z + 3}{4} and \frac{x - 1}{1} = \frac{y + 2}{2} = \frac{z - 3}{- 3}\] is

The lines `x/1 = y/2 = z/3 and (x - 1)/-2 = (y - 2)/-4 = (z - 3)/-6` are

The direction ratios of the line perpendicular to the lines \[\frac{x - 7}{2} = \frac{y + 17}{- 3} = \frac{z - 6}{1} \text{ and }, \frac{x + 5}{1} = \frac{y + 3}{2} = \frac{z - 4}{- 2}\] are proportional to

The angle between the lines

The direction ratios of the line x − y + z − 5 = 0 = x − 3y − 6 are proportional to