Exercise 11.2

Find the shortest distance between the lines whose vector equations are $\vec{r}=(\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k})+\lambda(\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k})$ and $\vec{r}=4 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-6 \hat{k}+\mu(2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+\hat{k})$

Solution: It is known to us that shortest distance between two lines $\vec{r}=\overrightarrow{a_{1}}+\lambda \overrightarrow{b_{1}}$ and $\vec{r}=\overrightarrow{a_{2}}+\mu \overrightarrow{b_{2}}$...

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Find the angle between the following pairs of lines:
(i) $\vec{r}=2 \hat{i}-5 \hat{j}+\hat{k}+\lambda(3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+6 \hat{k})$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=7 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-6 \hat{\mathrm{k}}+\mu(\hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{k}})$
(ii) $\vec{r}=3 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}+\lambda(\hat{i}-\hat{j}-2 \hat{k})$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{j}}-56 \hat{\mathrm{k}}+\mu(3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-5 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-4 \hat{\mathrm{k}})$

Solution: Let's consider $\theta$ be the angle between the given lines. If $\theta$ is the acute angle between $\vec{r}=\overrightarrow{a_{1}}+\lambda \overrightarrow{b_{1}}$ and...

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Find the equation of the line in vector and in Cartesian form that passes through the point with position vector $2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}+4 \hat{\mathrm{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}}$. is in the direction

Solution: Given: Vector equation of a line that passes through a given point whose position vector is $\vec{a}$ and parallel to a given vector $\vec{b}$ is $\vec{r}=\vec{a}+\lambda \vec{b}$ Let,...

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