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Need solution for RD Sharma maths class 12 chapter Straight Line in Space exercise 27.5 question 1sub question (vii)

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Answer: d=\frac{10}{\sqrt{59}} \text { units }

Hint: Using the expression d=\frac{\left|\left(\overrightarrow{a_{2}}-\overrightarrow{a_{1}}\right)\left(\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right)\right|}{\left|\left(\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right)\right|}

Given: \vec{\gamma}=(\hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath})+\lambda(2 \hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}+\hat{k}) \text { and } \vec{\gamma}=(2 \hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath}-\hat{k})+\mu(3 \hat{\imath}-5 \hat{\jmath}+2 \hat{k})

Solution: We know that,

\begin{array}{ll} \overrightarrow{a_{1}}=\hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath} & \overrightarrow{b_{1}}=2 \hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}+\hat{k} \\\\ \overrightarrow{a_{2}}=2 \hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath}-\hat{k} & \overrightarrow{b_{2}}=3 \hat{\imath}-5 \hat{\jmath}+2 \hat{k} \end{array}

It can be written as,

\begin{aligned} &\left(\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} \hat{\imath} & \hat{\jmath} & \hat{k} \\ 2 & -1 & 1 \\ 3 & -5 & 2 \end{array}\right| \\\\ &\left(\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right)=(-2+5) \hat{\imath}-(4-3) \hat{\jmath}+(-10+3) \hat{k} \\\\ &\left(\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right)=3 \hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k} \end{aligned}

\begin{aligned} &\left|\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right|=\sqrt{(3)^{2}+(-1)^{2}+(-7)^{2}} \Rightarrow \sqrt{9+1+49} \Rightarrow \sqrt{59} \\\\ &\left(\overrightarrow{a_{2}}-\overrightarrow{a_{1}}\right)=(2-1) \hat{\imath}-(1-1) \hat{\jmath}+(-1-0) \hat{k}=\hat{\imath}+0 \hat{\jmath}-\hat{k} \end{aligned}

We can write as,

\begin{aligned} \left(\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right) \cdot\left(\overrightarrow{a_{2}}-\overrightarrow{a_{1}}\right) &=(3 \hat{\imath}-\hat{\jmath}-7 \hat{k}) \cdot(\hat{\imath}+0 \hat{\jmath}-\hat{k}) \\\\ &=(3 \times 1)+[(-1) \times 0]+([(-7) \times(-1)\\\\ &=3+0+7 \Rightarrow 10 \end{aligned}

The shortest distance between the given lines is,

d=\frac{\left|\left(\overrightarrow{a_{2}}-\overrightarrow{a_{1}}\right)\left(\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right)\right|}{\left|\left(\overrightarrow{b_{1}} \times \overrightarrow{b_{2}}\right)\right|} \Rightarrow \frac{10}{\sqrt{59}} \text { units }

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