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Standard XII
Mathematics
Direction Cosines
The shortest ...
Question
The shortest distance between the line
x
+
y
+
2
z
−
3
=
2
x
+
3
y
+
4
z
−
4
=
0
and
x
z
-plane is
units
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Solution
x
+
y
+
2
z
=
3
⋯
(
1
)
2
x
+
3
y
+
4
z
=
4
⇒
x
+
3
2
y
+
2
z
=
2
⋯
(
2
)
Using equation
(
1
)
and
(
2
)
, we get
y
=
−
2
Hence, the shortest distance will be
2
units.
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