Shortest Distance Between Skew Lines

Q4. Let P be the foot of the perpendicular from the point (1, 2, 2) on the line L : x−11 = y+1−1 = z−22 . Let the line →r = (−^i + ^j −2^k) + λ(^i −^j + ^k), λ ∈R, intersect the line L at Q . Then 2(PQ)2 is equal to : (1) 25 (2) 19 (3) 29 (4) 27

Q16.Let a straight line L pass through the point P(2, −1, 3) and be perpendicular to the lines x−12 = y+11 = z−3−2 and x−3 1 = y−23 = z+24 . If the line L intersects the yz -plane at the point Q , then the distance between the points P and Q is : (1) √10 (2) 2√3 (3) 2 (4) 3

Q8. Let L1 : x−12 = y−23 = z−34 and L2 : x−23 = y−44 = z−55 be two lines. Then which of the following points lies on the line of the shortest distance between L1 and L2 ? (1) ( 143 , −3, 223 ) (2) (−53 , −7, 1) (3) (2, 3, 13 ) (4) ( 83 , −1, 13 )

Q25.Let L1 : x−13 = y−1−1 = z+10 and L2 : x−22 = 0y = z+4α , α ∈R, be two lines, which intersect at the point B. If P is the foot of perpendicular from the point A(1, 1, −1) on L2 , then the value of 26α( PB)2 is _________

Q14.The perpendicular distance, of the line x−1 2 = −1 = z+32 from the point P(2, −10, 1), is : (1) 6 (2) 5√2 (3) 4√3 (4) 3√5

Q3. Let the position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a tetrahedron ABCD be ^i + 2^j + ^k,^i + 3^j −2^k and 2^i + ^j −^k respectively. The altitude from the vertex D to the opposite face ABC meets the median line segment through A of the triangle ABC at the point E . If the length of AD is √110 and the volume of the 3 tetrahedron is √805 , then the position vector of E is 6√2 (1) 12 1 (7^i + 4^j + 3^k) (2) 12 (^i + 4^j + 7^k) (3) 1 6 (12^i + 12^j + ^k) (4) 16 (7^i + 12^j + ^k)