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

By computing the shortest distance determine whether the following pairs of lines intersect or not: \[\frac{x - 5}{4} = \frac{y - 7}{- 5} = \frac{z + 3}{- 5} \text{ and } \frac{x - 8}{7} = \frac{y - 7}{1} = \frac{z - 5}{3}\]

Find the shortest distance between the following pairs of parallel lines whose equations are:  \[\overrightarrow{r} = \left( \hat{i}  + 2 \hat{j} + 3 \hat{k} \right) + \lambda\left( \hat{i}  - \hat{j} + \hat{k} \right) \text{ and }  \overrightarrow{r} = \left( 2 \hat{i}  - \hat{j} - \hat{k} \right) + \mu\left( - \hat{i} + \hat{j} - \hat{k} \right)\]

Find the shortest distance between the following pairs of parallel lines whose equations are: \[\overrightarrow{r} = \left( \hat{i} + \hat{j} \right) + \lambda\left( 2 \hat{i} - \hat{j} + \hat{k} \right) \text{ and } \overrightarrow{r} = \left( 2 \hat{i} + \hat{j} - \hat{k} \right) + \mu\left( 4 \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k} \right)\]

Find the equations of the lines joining the following pairs of vertices and then find the shortest distance between the lines
(i) (0, 0, 0) and (1, 0, 2) 

Find the equations of the lines joining the following pairs of vertices and then find the shortest distance between the lines

 (1, 3, 0) and (0, 3, 0)

Write the vector equations of the following lines and hence determine the distance between them  \[\frac{x - 1}{2} = \frac{y - 2}{3} = \frac{z + 4}{6} \text{ and } \frac{x - 3}{4} = \frac{y - 3}{6} = \frac{z + 5}{12}\]

Find the shortest distance between the lines \[\overrightarrow{r} = \left( \hat{i} + 2 \hat{j} + \hat{k} \right) + \lambda\left( \hat{i} - \hat{j} + \hat{k} \right) \text{ and } , \overrightarrow{r} = 2 \hat{i} - \hat{j} - \hat{k} + \mu\left( 2 \hat{i} + \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k} \right)\]

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 \[\overrightarrow{r} = \hat{i} + 2 \hat{j} + 3 \hat{k} + \lambda\left( \hat{i} - 3 \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k} \right) \text{ and }  \overrightarrow{r} = 4 \hat{i} + 5 \hat{j}  + 6 \hat{k} + \mu\left( 2 \hat{i} + 3 \hat{j} + \hat{k} \right)\]

Find the shortest distance between the lines \[\overrightarrow{r} = 6 \hat{i} + 2 \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k} + \lambda\left( \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k} \right) \text{ and }  \overrightarrow{r} = - 4 \hat{i}  - \hat{k}  + \mu\left( 3 \hat{i} - 2 \hat{j} - 2 \hat{k}  \right)\]

Find the distance between the lines l₁ and l₂ given by  \[\overrightarrow{r} = \hat{i} + 2 \hat{j} - 4 \hat{k} + \lambda\left( 2 \hat{i}  + 3 \hat{j}  + 6 \hat{k}  \right) \text{ and } , \overrightarrow{r} = 3 \hat{i} + 3 \hat{j}  - 5 \hat{k}  + \mu\left( 2 \hat{i} + 3 \hat{j}  + 6 \hat{k}  \right)\]

Write the vector equation of a line passing through a point having position vector  \[\overrightarrow{\alpha}\] and parallel to vector \[\overrightarrow{\beta}\] .

Cartesian equations of a line AB are  \[\frac{2x - 1}{2} = \frac{4 - y}{7} = \frac{z + 1}{2} .\]   Write the direction ratios of a line parallel to AB.

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