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Let a line $L_1$ pass through the origin and be perpendicular to the lines
$\mathrm{L}_2: \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=(3+\mathrm{t}) \hat{i}+(2 \mathrm{t}-1) \hat{j}+(2 \mathrm{t}+4) \hat{k}$ and
$\mathrm{L}_3: \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=(...

INTEGER+4 / -12026

Let the foot of perpendicular from the point $(\lambda, 2,3)$ on the line $\frac{x-4}{1}=\frac{y-9}{2}=\frac{z-5}{1}$ be the point ( $1, \mu, 2$ ). Then the distance between the lines $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z+4}{6}$ and $\frac{x...

Let a line L be perpendicular to both the lines $\mathrm{L}_1: \frac{x+1}{3}=\frac{y+3}{5}=\frac{z+5}{7}$ and $\mathrm{L}_2: \frac{x-2}{1}=\frac{y-4}{4}=\frac{z-6}{7}$.
If $\theta$ is the acute angle between the lines L and $\mathrm{L}_3: \...

Let the image of the point $\mathrm{P}(1,6, a)$ in the line $\mathrm{L}: \frac{x}{1}=\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z-a+1}{b}, b>0$, be $\left(\frac{a}{3}, 0, a+c\right)$. If $\mathrm{S}(\alpha, \beta, \gamma), \alpha>0$, is the point on L such that t...

Let the image of the point $\mathrm{P}(0,-5,0)$ in the line $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y}{1}=\frac{z+1}{-2}$ be the point R and the image of the point $\mathrm{Q}\left(0, \frac{-1}{2}, 0\right)$ in the line $\frac{x-1}{-1}=\frac{y+9}{4}=\frac{z+1...

INTEGER+4 / -12026

The shortest distance between the lines $\frac{x-4}{1}=\frac{y-3}{2}=\frac{z-2}{-3}$ and $\frac{x+2}{2}=\frac{y-6}{4}=\frac{z-5}{-5}$ is:

$\vec{r}=(\hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k})+\lambda(a \hat{i}-\hat{j}), a \neq 0$ and $\vec{r}=(4 \hat{i}-\hat{k})+\mu(2 \hat{i}+a \hat{k})$ from the origin is :

The square of the distance of the point $\mathrm{P}(5,6,7)$ from the line $\frac{x-2}{2}=\frac{y-5}{3}=\frac{z-2}{4}$ is equal to:

Let a triangle PQR be such that P and Q lie on the line $\frac{x+3}{8}=\frac{y-4}{2}=\frac{z+1}{2}$ and are at a distance of 6 units from $R(1,2,3)$. If $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ is the centroid of $\Delta P Q R$, then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma$...

If the distance of the point $(a, 2,5)$ from the image of the point $(1,2,7)$ in the line $\frac{x}{1}=\frac{y-1}{1}=\frac{z-2}{2}$ is 4 , then the sum of all possible values of $a$ is equal to :

The square of the distance of the point $(-2,-8,6)$ from the line $\frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z}{-1}$ along the line $\frac{x+5}{1}=\frac{y+5}{-1}=\frac{z}{2}$ is equal to:

A line with direction ratios $1,-1,2$ intersects the lines $\frac{x}{2}=\frac{y}{3}=\frac{z+1}{3}$ and $\frac{x+1}{-1}=\frac{y-2}{1}=\frac{z}{4}$ at the points P and Q , respectively. If the length of the line segment PQ is $\alpha$, then $...

If $\left(2 \alpha+1, \alpha^2-3 \alpha, \frac{\alpha-1}{2}\right)$ is the image of $(\alpha, 2 \alpha, 1)$ in the line $\frac{x-2}{3}=\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z}{1}$, then the possible value(s) of $\alpha$ is (are)

The shortest distance between the lines
\(\vec{r}=\left(\frac{1}{3} \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\frac{8}{3} \hat{\mathrm{k}}\right)+\lambda(2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-5 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+6 \hat{\mathrm{k}})\)
and $\vec{r}=\left(-\frac{2}{3...

Let a line L passing through the point (1, 1, 1) be perpendicular to both the vectors $2\hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + \hat{k}$ and $\hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + 2\hat{k}$. If $P(a, b, c)$ is the foot of perpendicular from the origin on the line L, then the ...

If the point of intersection of the lines $ \frac{x+1}{3} = \frac{y+a}{5} = \frac{z+b+1}{7} $ and $ \frac{x-2}{1} = \frac{y-b}{4} = \frac{z-2a}{7} $ lies on xy-plane, then the value of $a+b$ is:

Let the point A be the foot of perpendicular drawn from the point P$(a, b, 0)$ on the line\(\frac{x-1}{2} = \frac{y-2}{1} = \frac{z-\alpha}{3}.\)If the midpoint of the line segment PA is \(\left(0, \frac{3}{4}, -\frac{1}{4}\right),\) then t...

If the distances of the point $(1,2, a)$ from the line $\frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y}{2}=\frac{z-1}{1}$ along the lines $\mathrm{L}_1: \frac{x-1}{3}=\frac{y-2}{4}=\frac{z-a}{b}$ and $\mathrm{L}_2: \frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y-2}{4}=\frac{z-a}{c}$ are equ...

Let Q(a, b, c) be the image of the point P(3, 2, 1) in the line $\frac{x-1}{1} = \frac{y}{2} = \frac{z-1}{1}$. Then the distance of Q from the line $\frac{x-9}{3} = \frac{y-9}{2} = \frac{z-5}{-2}$ is

Let a line L passing through the point $\mathrm{P}(1,1,1)$ be perpendicular to the lines $\frac{x-4}{4}=\frac{y-1}{1}=\frac{z-1}{1}$ and $\frac{x-17}{1}=\frac{y-71}{1}=\frac{z}{0}$. Let the line L intersect the $y z-$ plane at the point Q ....

INTEGER+4 / -12026

The sum of all values of $\alpha$, for which the shortest distance between the lines $\frac{x+1}{\alpha}=\frac{y-2}{-1}=\frac{z-4}{-\alpha}$ and $\frac{x}{\alpha}=\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z-1}{2 \alpha}$ is $\sqrt{2}$, is

The vertices B and C of a triangle ABC lie on the line $\frac{x}{1}=\frac{1-y}{-2}=\frac{\mathrm{z}-2}{3}$. The coordinates of A and $B$ are $(1,6,3)$ and $(4,9, \alpha)$ respectively and $C$ is at a distance of 10 units from $B$. The area ...

Let the direction cosines of two lines satisfy the equations : $4 l+m-n=0$ and $2 m n+10 n l+3 l m=0$.
Then the cosine of the acute angle between these lines is :

If the image of the point $\mathrm{P}(a, 2, a)$ in the line $\frac{x}{2}=\frac{y+a}{1}=\frac{z}{1}$ is Q and the image
of Q in the line $\frac{x-2 b}{2}=\frac{y-a}{1}=\frac{z+2 b}{-5}$ is P , then $a+b$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$ .

INTEGER+4 / -12026

Let $\mathrm{P}(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ be the point on the line $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{-3}=z$ at a distance $4 \sqrt{14}$ from the point $(1,-1,0)$ and nearer to the origin. Then the shortest distance, between the lines $\frac{x-\alpha}...

If the image of the point $\mathrm{P}(1,2, a)$ in the line $\frac{x-6}{3}=\frac{y-7}{2}=\frac{7-\mathrm{z}}{2}$ is $\mathrm{Q}(5, b, \mathrm{c})$, then $a^2+b^2+c^2$ is equal to

Let L be the line $\frac{x+1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{3}=\frac{z+3}{6}$ and let S be the set of all points $(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c})$ on L , whose distance from the line $\frac{x+1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{3}=\frac{z-9}{0}$ along the line $L$ is 7 ...

Let the line $L_1$ be parallel to the vector $-3\hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + 4\hat{k}$ and pass through the point $(2, 6, 7)$, and the line $L_2$ be parallel to the vector $2\hat{i} + \hat{j} + 3\hat{k}$ and pass through the point $(4, 3, 5)$. If t...

Let the line L pass through the point $(-3, 5, 2)$ and make equal angles with the positive coordinate axes. If the distance of L from the point $(-2, r, 1)$ is $\sqrt{\frac{14}{3}}$, then the sum of all possible values of $r$ is :

Let the area of the triangle formed by the lines $x+2=y-1=z, \frac{x-3}{5}=\frac{y}{-1}=\frac{z-1}{1}$ and $\frac{x}{-3}=\frac{y-3}{3}=\frac{z-2}{1}$ be $A$. Then $A^2$ is equal to ________.

INTEGER+4 / -12025

Let the values of $\lambda$ for which the shortest distance between the lines $\frac{x-1}{2} = \frac{y-2}{3} = \frac{z-3}{4}$
and $\frac{x-\lambda}{3} = \frac{y-4}{4} = \frac{z-5}{5}$ is $\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}$ be $\lambda_1$ and $\lambda_2$....

If the shortest distance between the lines $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-3}{4}$ and $\frac{x}{1}=\frac{y}{\alpha}=\frac{z-5}{1}$ is $\frac{5}{\sqrt{6}}$, then the sum of all possible values of $\alpha$ is

Let the line L pass through $(1,1,1)$ and intersect the lines $\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y+1}{3}=\frac{z-1}{4}$ and $\frac{x-3}{1}=\frac{y-4}{2}=\frac{z}{1}$. Then, which of the following points lies on the line $L$ ?

Consider the lines L1: x - 1 = y - 2 = z and L2: x - 2 = y = z - 1. Let the feet of the perpendiculars from the point P(5, 1, -3) on the lines L1 and L2 be Q and R respectively. If the area of the triangle PQR is A, then 4A2 is equal to :

If the equation of the line passing through the point $ \left( 0, -\frac{1}{2}, 0 \right) $ and perpendicular to the lines $ \vec{r} = \lambda \left( \hat{i} + a\hat{j} + b\hat{k} \right) $ and $ \vec{r} = \left( \hat{i} - \hat{j} - 6\hat{k...

Let $A$ and $B$ be two distinct points on the line $L: \frac{x-6}{3}=\frac{y-7}{2}=\frac{z-7}{-2}$. Both $A$ and $B$ are at a distance $2 \sqrt{17}$ from the foot of perpendicular drawn from the point $(1,2,3)$ on the line $L$. If $O$ is th...

Let the shortest distance between the lines $\frac{x-3}{3}=\frac{y-\alpha}{-1}=\frac{z-3}{1}$ and $\frac{x+3}{-3}=\frac{y+7}{2}=\frac{z-\beta}{4}$ be $3 \sqrt{30}$. Then the positive value of $5 \alpha+\beta$ is

Let the values of p , for which the shortest distance between the lines $\frac{x+1}{3}=\frac{y}{4}=\frac{z}{5}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=(\mathrm{p} \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k})+\lambda(2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k})$ is $\frac{1}{\sq...

Let A be the point of intersection of the lines $\mathrm{L}_1: \frac{x-7}{1}=\frac{y-5}{0}=\frac{z-3}{-1}$ and $\mathrm{L}_2: \frac{x-1}{3}=\frac{y+3}{4}=\frac{z+7}{5}$. Let B and C be the points on the lines $\mathrm{L}_1$ and $\mathrm{L}_...

Line $L_1$ passes through the point $(1,2,3)$ and is parallel to $z$-axis. Line $L_2$ passes through the point $(\lambda, 5,6)$ and is parallel to $y$-axis. Let for $\lambda=\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \lambda_2<\lambda_1$, the shortest distance ...

Let a line passing through the point $(4,1,0)$ intersect the line $\mathrm{L}_1: \frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-3}{4}$ at the point $A(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ and the line $\mathrm{L}_2: x-6=y=-z+4$ at the point $B(a, b, c)$. Then $\le...

Each of the angles $\beta$ and $\gamma$ that a given line makes with the positive $y$ - and $z$-axes, respectively, is half of the angle that this line makes with the positive $x$-axes. Then the sum of all possible values of the angle $\bet...

The distance of the point $(7,10,11)$ from the line $\frac{x-4}{1}=\frac{y-4}{0}=\frac{z-2}{3}$ along the line $\frac{x-9}{2}=\frac{y-13}{3}=\frac{z-17}{6}$ is

Let $A B C D$ be a tetrahedron such that the edges $A B, A C$ and $A D$ are mutually perpendicular. Let the areas of the triangles $\mathrm{ABC}, \mathrm{ACD}$ and ADB be 5,6 and 7 square units respectively. Then the area (in square units) ...

Let the vertices Q and R of the triangle PQR lie on the line $\frac{x+3}{5}=\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z+4}{3}, \mathrm{QR}=5$ and the coordinates of the point $P$ be $(0,2,3)$. If the area of the triangle $P Q R$ is $\frac{m}{n}$ then :

The line $\mathrm{L}_1$ is parallel to the vector $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=-3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$ and passes through the point $(7,6,2)$ and the line $\mathrm{L}_2$ is parallel to the vector $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{...

If the image of the point $\mathrm{P}(1,0,3)$ in the line joining the points $\mathrm{A}(4,7,1)$ and $\mathrm{B}(3,5,3)$ is $Q(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$, then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma$ is equal to :

Let $\mathrm{L}_1: \frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y-2}{-1}=\frac{z-1}{2}$ and $\mathrm{L}_2: \frac{x+1}{-1}=\frac{y-2}{2}=\frac{z}{1}$ be two lines.
Let $L_3$ be a line passing through the point $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ and be perpendicular to both $...

Let P be the foot of the perpendicular from the point $(1,2,2)$ on the line $\mathrm{L}: \frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y+1}{-1}=\frac{z-2}{2}$. Let the line $\vec{r}=(-\hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k})+\lambda(\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}), \lambda \in \mathbf{R...

Let a straight line $L$ pass through the point $P(2, -1, 3)$ and be perpendicular to the lines $ \frac{x - 1}{2} = \frac{y + 1}{1} = \frac{z - 3}{-2} $ and $ \frac{x - 3}{1} = \frac{y - 2}{3} = \frac{z + 2}{4} $. If the line $L$ intersects ...