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Straight line in space — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsStraight line in space1 Mark
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The angle between the lines $\frac{\text{x}-1}{1}=\frac{\text{y}-1}{1}=\frac{\text{z}-1}{2}$ and $\frac{\text{x}-1}{-\sqrt{3}-1}=\frac{\text{y}-1}{\sqrt{3}-1}=\frac{\text{z}-1}{4}$ is:
  • A
    $\cos^{-1}\big(\frac{1}{65}\big)$
  • B
    $\frac{\pi}{6}$
  • ✓
    $\frac{\pi}{3}$
  • D
    $\frac{\pi}{4}$
✓

Answer

Correct option: C.
$\frac{\pi}{3}$
We have
$\frac{\text{x}-1}{1}=\frac{\text{y}-1}{1}=\frac{\text{z}-1}{2}$
$\frac{\text{x}-1}{-\sqrt{3}-1}=\frac{\text{y}-1}{\sqrt{3}-1}=\frac{\text{z}-1}{4}$
The direction ratios of the given lines are proportional to $1, 1, 2$ and $-\sqrt{3}-1,\sqrt{3}-1, 4$
The given lines are parallel to vectors $\vec{\text{b}}_1=\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}+2\hat{\text{k}}$ and $\vec{\text{b}}_2=\big(-\sqrt{3}-1\big)\hat{\text{i}}+\big(\sqrt{3}-1\big)\hat{\text{j}}+4\hat{\text{k}}$
Let $\theta$ be the angle between the given lines.
Now,
$\cos\theta=\frac{\vec{\text{b}}_1.\vec{\text{b}}_2}{\big|\vec{\text{b}}_1\big|\big|\vec{\text{b}}_2\big|}$
$=\frac{\big(\hat{\text{i}}+\hat{\text{j}}+2\hat{\text{k}}\big).\big\{\big(-\sqrt{3}-1\big)\hat{\text{i}}+\big(\sqrt{3}-1\big)\hat{\text{j}}+4\hat{\text{k}}\big\}}{\sqrt{1^2+1^2+1^2}\sqrt{\big(-\sqrt{3}-1\big)^2+\big(\sqrt{3}-1\big)^2+4^2}}$
$=\frac{-\sqrt{3}-1+\sqrt{3}-1+8}{\sqrt{3}\sqrt{24}}$
$=\frac{6}{6\sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\Rightarrow\theta=\frac{\pi}{3}$

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