RD Sharma Class 12 Exercise 27 FBQ Straight line in space Solutions Maths

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RD Sharma Class 12 Solutions Chapter27FBQ Straight line in space - Other Exercise

Straight Line in Space Excercise: 27 FBQ

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 1

Answer : $\vec{r}=\lambda \hat{i}, \vec{r}=\mu \hat{\jmath}, \vec{r}=v \hat{k}$
Hint : Use vector equations
Given : The vector equations of OX,OY and OZ are
Solution:
$\text{Let}\text { OX,OY ad OZ be } \lambda, \mu \text { and } v$
$\therefore O \mathrm{X}=\lambda \hat{\imath} \quad, \mathrm{OY}=\mu \hat{\jmath}, \mathrm{OZ}=v \hat{k}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 2

Answer : $(5 \hat{\imath}-4 \hat{\jmath}+6 \hat{k})+\lambda(-3 \hat{\imath}+7 \hat{\jmath}+2 \hat{k})$
Hint : Compare the equation with the formula
Given : $\frac{5-x}{3}=\frac{y+4}{7}=\frac{z-6}{2}$
Solution : We have given line as
$\frac{x-5}{-3}=\frac{y+4}{7}=\frac{z-6}{2}$
By comparing with equation
$\frac{x-x_{1}}{a}=\frac{y-y_{1}}{b}=\frac{z-z_{1}}{c}$
The given line passes through the point (x1 , x2, x3)
i.e. (5 , -4 , 6) and direction ratios are (a ,b ,c) i.e. (-3 , 7 ,2)
Now , we can write vector equation of the line as
$\vec{A}=(5 \hat{\imath}-4 \hat{\jmath}+6 \hat{k})+\lambda(-3 \hat{\imath}+7 \hat{\jmath}+2 \hat{k}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 3

Answer : $\vec{r}=3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k}+\lambda(-2 \hat{\imath}-5 \hat{\jmath}+13 \hat{k})$
Hint : Use the vector equation
Given : Point (3 , 4 , -7) and ( 1 , -1 , 6)
Solution : Given points are
$\begin{aligned} &\mathrm{A}(3,4,-7), \mathrm{B}(1,-1,6) \\ & \end{aligned}$
$\vec{A}=3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k} \\$
$\vec{B}=\hat{i}-\hat{\jmath}+6 \hat{k}$
∴ vector equation
$\begin{aligned} \vec{r} &=(3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k})+\lambda[\hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}+6 \hat{k}-(3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k})] \\ & \end{aligned}$
$=3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k}+\lambda(-2 \hat{\imath}-5 \hat{\jmath}+13 \hat{k})$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks question 4

Answer : $\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
Hint : $l^{2}+m^{2}+n^{2}=1$
Given : $l,l,l$ are direction cosine of a line ,
Solution : Since , direction cosine of a line are $l,l\; \text{and} \: l$
$\therefore l=l, \mathrm{~m}=l \text { and } \mathrm{n}=l$
We know that , $l^{2}+m^{2}+n^{2}=1$
$\begin{aligned} &=>l^{2}+l^{2}+l^{2}=1 \\ & \end{aligned}$
$\Rightarrow>l^{2}=\frac{1}{3} \\$
$\therefore l=\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks question 5

Answer : $l=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, m=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, n=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}$
Hint : Use straight line equation
Given : $\frac{x-1}{l}=\frac{y-2}{m}=\frac{z+1}{n}$ passes through the point ( -1 , 0 , 1)
$\frac{x-1}{l}=\frac{y-2}{m}=\frac{z+1}{n} \Rightarrow \frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y-2}{1}=\frac{z+1}{-1}$

By using direction ratios of line
$\begin{gathered} l=\frac{a}{\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}}, m=\frac{b}{\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}} \text { And } n=\frac{c}{\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}} \\ \end{gathered}$
$\Rightarrow l=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, m=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, n=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks question 6

Answer : $\frac{x+2}{1}=\frac{y-3}{1}=\frac{z-4}{1}$
Hint : Use equation of line
Given : (-2 , 3 , 4) and equally inclined with the coordinate axes
OX , OY and OZ are -----------
Solution : Equation of line passing through (x1 , y1 , z1)
And having direction cosines l,m,n is
$\frac{x-x_{1}}{l}=\frac{y-y_{1}}{m}=\frac{z-z_{1}}{n}$
Also line is equally inclined to co-ordinate axes
Here $(x_{1}, y_{1}, z_{1})=(-2,3,4)$
∴ Equation of line is
$\Rightarrow \frac{x+2}{1}=\frac{y-3}{1}=\frac{z-4}{1}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 7

Answer : $0^{\circ}$
Hint : Use vector dot product
Given : $a, b, c \text { and } \frac{1}{b c}, \frac{1}{c a}, \frac{1}{a b}$
Solution : Let $\overrightarrow{m 1}$ and $\overrightarrow{m 2}$ be vectors parallel to the two given lines.
$\therefore \overrightarrow{m 1}=a \hat{i}+b \hat{j}+c \hat{k}$
$And\; \overrightarrow{m 2}=\frac{1}{b c} i+\frac{1}{c a} j+\frac{1}{a b} \hat{k}$
Let θ be angle between given lines
$\therefore \theta \text { is angle between } \overrightarrow{m 1} \text { and } \overrightarrow{m 2}$
$\therefore \cos \theta=\frac{\overrightarrow{m 1} \cdot \overrightarrow m 2}{|\overrightarrow{m 1}||\overrightarrow{m 2}|}$ $=\frac{a\left(\frac{1}{b c}\right)+b\left(\frac{1}{c a}\right)+c\left(\frac{1}{a b}\right)}{\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}} \sqrt{\left(\frac{1}{b c}\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{1}{c a}\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{1}{a b}\right)^{2}}}=1$
$\therefore \theta=0^{\circ}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 8

Answer : $\frac{x-a}{b}=\frac{y-b}{c}=\frac{z-c}{a}$
Hint : Use equation for straight line
Given : $(a , b , c)\; and \; (a-b , b-c , c-a )$
Solution :

Equation of line passing through $\left ( x,y,z \right )$ and having drs ;l,m,n is
$\frac{x-x_{1}}{l}=\frac{y-y_{1}}{m}=\frac{z-z_{1}}{n}$
Hence $\left ( x,y,z \right )= \left ( a,b,c \right )$
So, Equation of line $AB= \frac{x-a}{b}=\frac{y-b}{c}=\frac{z-c}{a}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 9

Answer : $\frac{x-a}{0}=\frac{y-b}{0}=\frac{z-c}{1}$
Hint : Use direction equation of $\text { cosine }\left\{\frac{x_{2}-x_{1}}{P Q}, \frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{P Q}, \frac{z_{2}-z_{1}}{P Q}\right\}$
Given : ( a , b, c) and parallel to z- axis
Solution : The direction cosine of line parallel to Z-axis are ( 0 , 0 , 1 )
Since, the line passes through ( a, b , c)
Thus , its equation is $\frac{x-a}{0}=\frac{y-b}{0}=\frac{z-c}{1}$

Straight Line of Space Excercise Fill in the blanks Question 10

Answer : $-\frac{10}{7}$
Hint : Use vector dot product and vector equation of line.
Given : $\begin{aligned} &\frac{x-1}{-3}=\frac{y-2}{2 k}=\frac{z-3}{2} \text { and } \frac{x-1}{3 k}=\frac{5-y}{-1}=\frac{6-z}{5} \\ & \end{aligned}$
$\text { let } \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 1}=-3 \hat{\imath}+2 \mathrm{k} \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{k} \text { and } \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 2}=3 \mathrm{k} \hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath}-5 \hat{k}$
$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 1} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 2}=0$ as the lines are at right angle
$\begin{aligned} &-9 k+2 k-10=0 \\ & \end{aligned}$
$-7 k=10 \\$
$k=-\frac{10}{7}$

Straight Line of Space Excercise Fill in the blanks Question 11

Answer : $\frac{x-2}{1}=\frac{y-1}{1}=\frac{z+1}{\sqrt{2}}$
Hint : Compare the given equation
Given : ( 2 , 1 , -1 ) and making angles $\frac{\pi}{3}, \frac{\pi}{3} \text { and } \frac{\pi}{4}$
Solution : So comparing with general Cartesian from of Eq.
a = 2 , b =1 , c = -1
another line passing through P ( 1 , 1 , 2)
we can assume it as position vector and parallel to given line so normal vector will be same .
Eq. of line is given by $\frac{x-x_{1}}{l}=\frac{y-y_{1}}{m}=\frac{z-z_{1}}{n}$
Here $\begin{gathered} l ,m, n(1,1, \sqrt{2}) \\ \end{gathered}$
$\frac{x-2}{1}=\frac{y-1}{1}=\frac{z+1}{\sqrt{2}}$

Straight Line of Space Excercise Fill in the blanks Question 12

Answer : y = 0 , z = 0
Hint : x will not be 0
Given : The equation of x- axis in unsymmetrical form
Solution : y = 0 & z = 0
Point ( x , 0 , 0) points on z axis.

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 13

Answer : $\frac{x}{0}=\frac{y}{1}=\frac{z}{0}$
Hint : y-axis lies on xy plane and yz.
Given : The equation of y-axis in symmetrical form.
Solution : As y-axis lies on xy plane and yz
So , its distance from xy and yz plane is O .
∴ By basic definition of 3-D coordinate we can say that
x-coordinate and z-coordinate are 0.
∴ any point on y-axis has x and z coordinate = 0
∴ x = 0 and z = 0 can be considered as the equation of y-axis.
Hence , the correct answer is $\frac{x}{0}=\frac{y}{1}=\frac{z}{0}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 14

Answer : The required answer is $2$
Hint : The condition of coplanar is
$(\overrightarrow{a 2}-\overrightarrow{a 1}) \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1})=0$ -----1
Given : $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 1}+\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 1} \text { and } \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 2}+\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 2}$ ------2
Solution : From Eq.1 and Eq.2
$\begin{aligned} &(\overrightarrow{a 2}-\overrightarrow{a 1}) \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1})=0 \\ & \end{aligned}$
$(2 \overrightarrow{a 2}-\overrightarrow{a 1}) \cdot\lfloor{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1})=0$
$\begin{gathered} 2(\overrightarrow{a 2} \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1}))-\overrightarrow{a 1} \cdot(\vec{b} 2 \times \overrightarrow{b 1})=0 \\ \end{gathered}$
$2 \overrightarrow{a 2} \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1})-\overrightarrow{a 1} \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1})=0$ -------3
Now $\frac {[\overrightarrow{a 1}\overrightarrow{b 1}\overrightarrow{b2} ]}{[\overrightarrow{a 2}\overrightarrow {b1}\overrightarrow{b2} ]}$ $= \frac{\overrightarrow{a1}.\left ( \overrightarrow{b1}\times \overrightarrow{b2}\right )}{\overrightarrow{a2}.\left ( \overrightarrow{b1}\times \overrightarrow{b2}\right )}$ [Using scalar triple formula]
$= \frac{2\overrightarrow {a2}\cdot \left ( \overrightarrow{b1}\times\overrightarrow{b2} \right )}{\overrightarrow {a2}\cdot \left ( \overrightarrow{b1}\times\overrightarrow{b2} \right )}$ Substituting the values in Numerator
$= 2$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 15

Answer : The value of k is $2$
Hint : The condition of coplanar is
$(\overrightarrow{a 2}-\overrightarrow{a 1}) \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times\overrightarrow{b 1})=0$
Given : The lines are ,
$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 1}-3 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 2}+\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 1}$ -------1
$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 2}+\mu \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 2}$ ------2
Solution : From the condition of co planarity
$\begin{aligned} &(\overrightarrow{a 2}-\overrightarrow{a 1}) \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1})=0 \\ \end{aligned}$
$\Rightarrow (\overrightarrow{a 2}-2 \vec{a} 1+3 \overrightarrow{a 2}) \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1})=0 \\$
$\Rightarrow (4 \vec{a} 2-2 \vec{a}) \cdot(\overrightarrow{b 2} \times \overrightarrow{b 1})=0$
$\Rightarrow 2(2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 2}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 1}) \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 2} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 1})=0 \\$
$\Rightarrow(2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 2}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 1}) \cdot(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 2} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 1})=0 \\$
$\Rightarrow 2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 2} \cdot(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 2} x \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 1})-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 1} \cdot(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 2} x \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b} 1})=0 \\$
$\Rightarrow 2[\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 2 \mathrm{~b} 1 \mathrm{~b} 2}]=[\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a} 1 \mathrm{~b} 1 \mathrm{~b} 2}]$
$a \cdot(b \times c)=\left|\begin{array}{lll} a_{1} & b_{1} & c_{1} \\ a_{2} & b_{2} & c_{2} \\ a_{3} & b_{3} & c_{3} \end{array}\right|=0$ [ If a,b,c are coplanar ]
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \quad[\overrightarrow{a 1}\overrightarrow{b1}\overrightarrow{b2}]=2[\overrightarrow{a 2} \overrightarrow{b1}\overrightarrow{b 2}] \\ & \end{aligned}$
$\Rightarrow \quad k=2$
So , the value of $k= 2$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks question 16

Answer : $\frac{x-0}{1}=\frac{y-0}{0}=\frac{z-0}{0}$
Hint : $\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=1$ where a and b are non zero.
Given : The equation of x-axis in symmetric form.
Solution : It should be noted that the symmetric form of the equation
of a line does not make it possible to find the slope of a line
∴ x in symmetric form
$\frac{x-0}{1}=\frac{y-0}{0}=\frac{z-0}{0}$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks question 17

Answer : $y =0 , z = 0$
Hint : x will not be zero in its coordinates.
Given : The equation of x-axis in unsymmetrical form
Solution : $y =0 , z = 0$
Point ( x, 0, 0 ) points on x-axis.

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks question 18

Answer : $3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k}+\lambda(-2 \hat{\imath}-5 \hat{\jmath}+13 \hat{k})$
Hint : Use the vector equation
Given : (3 , 4 , -7) and ( 1 , -1 , 6)
Solution : position vector of (3 , 4 , -7) is
$\vec{a}=3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k}$
And position vector of ( 1 , -1 , 6) is
$\vec{b}=\hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}+6 \hat{k}$
Also,
The vector equation of a line which passes through two
Points whose position vectors are $\vec{a} \text { and } \vec{b}$ is
$\vec{r}=\vec{a}+\lambda(\vec{b}-\vec{a})$
Hence , required equation of line is
$\begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \vec{r}=3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k}+\lambda[\hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}+6 \hat{k}-(3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k})] \\ & \end{aligned}$
$\Rightarrow \vec{r}=3 \hat{\imath}+4 \hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k}+\lambda(-2 \hat{\imath}-5 \hat{\jmath}+13 \hat{k})$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 19

Answer : $(5 \hat{\imath}-4 \hat{\jmath}+6 \hat{k})+\lambda(3 \hat{\imath}+7 \hat{\jmath}+2 \hat{k})$
Hint : Compare the equation with the formula
Given : $\frac{x-5}{3}=\frac{y+4}{7}=\frac{z-6}{2}$
Solution : We have given line as
$\frac{x-5}{3}=\frac{y+4}{7}=\frac{z-6}{2}$
By comparing with equation
$\frac{x-x 1}{a}=\frac{y-y 1}{b}=\frac{z-z 1}{c}$
We get given line passes through the point (x1 , x2, x3)
i.e. (5 , -4 , 6) and direction ratios are (a ,b ,c) i.e. ( 3 , 7 , 2)
Now , we can write vector equation of the line as
$\vec{A}=(5 \hat{\imath}-4 \hat{\jmath}+6 \hat{k})+\lambda(3 \hat{\imath}+7 \hat{\jmath}+2 \hat{k})$

Straight Line in Space Exercise Fill in the blanks Question 20

Answer : Perpendicular
Hint : Angle should be $90^{\circ}$
Given : The line of shortest distance between two skew-lines is
-------- to both the lines.
Solution : The line of shortest distance between two skew-lines is
perpendicular to both the lines.
Two or more lines which have no intersections but are not parallel are called skew lines

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