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AP EAMCET · Maths · Three Dimensional Geometry

The shortest distance between the skew lines \(\vec{r}(-\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k})+t(3 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k})\) and \(\vec{r}=(7 \hat{i}+4 \hat{k})+s(\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k})\) is

  1. A 15
  2. B 0
  3. C 9
  4. D 16
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(C) 9

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Given \(\begin{aligned} & \vec{r}=(-\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k})+t(3 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k})=\vec{a}_1+t \vec{b}_1 \\ & \text { and } \vec{r}=(7 \hat{i}+4 \hat{k})+s(\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k})=\vec{a}_2+s \vec{b}_2\end{aligned}\) Now,…