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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 12 - 11. three dimension geometry

If the shortest distance between the line \(\vec{r}=(-\hat{i}+3 \hat{k})+\lambda(\hat{i}-a \hat{j})\) and \(\vec{r}=(-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k})+\mu(\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k})\) is \(\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}\), then the integral value of \(a\) is equal to

  1. A \(5\)
  2. B \(2\)
  3. C \(3\)
  4. D \(7\)
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(A) \(5\)

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\(a_{1}=(-1,0,3)\) \(a_{2}=(0,-1,2)\) \(b_{1}=(1,-a, 0)\) dr's of line (\(1\)) \(b_{2}=(1,-1,1)\) dr's of line \((2)\) \(\overline{ a }_{2}-\overline{ a }_{1}=(1,-1,-1)\)…