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JEE • MATHEMATICS • DCS AND DRS
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Easy
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Application
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If is a point in space such that is inclined to at and to then is inclined to at
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Correct option: B
and
Option B is correct because the angle to OZ is found using the relationship between direction cosines and the given angles to OX and OY.
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Easy
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Understanding
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Two lines are perpendicular to each other if their direction ratios satisfy
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the condition for two lines to be perpendicular in 3D space.
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Easy
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Application
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If are the direction cosines of a line, then the value of is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the sum of the squares of direction cosines must equal 1.
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Easy
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Application
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The angle between the lines and , where and is given by
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated by finding the direction ratios of the lines and using the formula for the angle between two lines.
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Easy
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Analyzing
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The angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by the equations is
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Correct option: C
The angle between the lines is found using the direction cosines and the formula for the angle between two lines, resulting in .
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Easy
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Analyzing
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If the direction cosines of two lines are such that , then the angle between them is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because solving the given equations for direction cosines and then finding the angle between the lines results in .
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Easy
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Application
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If a line makes an angle of with the positive directions of each of -axis and -axis, then the angle that the line makes with the positive direction of the -axis is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is the angle that the line makes with the positive direction of the Z-axis, calculated using the relationship between direction cosines.
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Easy
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Understanding
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Let be the area of the projection of a plane area on the plane respectively Then
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Correct option: A
The correct answer is A () because it represents the relationship between the area of a plane and its projections onto the coordinate planes, using direction cosines.
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Easy
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Application
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The angle between a line with direction ratios proportional to and a line joining to , is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it's the angle calculated using the dot product of the direction vectors and their magnitudes.
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Medium
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Application
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The direction ratios of line passing through and perpendicular to line (where, and are coplanar) is
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Correct option: C
14,
Option C (14, ) is correct because it represents the direction ratios of a line passing through P and perpendicular to the given line, considering they are coplanar.
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Easy
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Analyzing
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If two straight lines whose direction cosines are given by the relations are parallel, then the positive value of is:
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Correct option: A
6
Option A (6) is correct because the condition for parallel lines implies that the discriminant of the quadratic equation in l/m must be zero.
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Easy
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Understanding
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The distance between two points and is and the length of their projections of on the co-ordinate planes are . Then where ' ' is
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Correct option: D
2
Option D (2) is correct because the sum of the squares of the projections is equal to 2 times the square of the distance between the points.
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Easy
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Analyzing
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The angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the direction ratios of the lines are perpendicular, resulting in an angle of 90 degrees.
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Easy
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Application
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If a line makes angle and with the coordinates axes, then
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it directly uses the identity relating direction cosines and trigonometric identities.
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Medium
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Application
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Let be a point in the first octant, whose projection in the -plane is the point . Let ; the angle between and the positive -axis be ; and the angle between OP and the positive -axis be , where is the origin. Then the distance of from the -axis is:
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because by using the given information and trigonometric relations, we can express the distance of P from the x-axis in terms of , , and .
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Medium
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Application
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The angle between the two lines & is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the angle between the two given lines, calculated using the direction ratios and the formula for the cosine of the angle between two lines.
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Easy
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Analyzing
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Consider the following 3 lines in space
Then, which one of the following pair(s) is/are in the same plane?
Then, which one of the following pair(s) is/are in the same plane?
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Correct option: D
and
Option D ( and ) is correct because and intersect, and and are parallel, implying they are coplanar.
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Easy
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Application
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If direction cosines of two lines are proportional to and , then the acute angle between them is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the angle between two lines with given direction ratios.
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Easy
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Application
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If the direction cosines of a line are then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the sum of the squares of the direction cosines must equal 1.
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Easy
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Application
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If the co-ordinates of the points and be (1, 2, 1) and and be the origin, then
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the dot product of the vectors OP and OQ is zero, indicating they are perpendicular.
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Easy
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Application
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The plane containing the two lines and is where-
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because substituting the points (3, 2, 1) and (2, -3, -1) into the plane equation yields m = -1 and n = -3.
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Easy
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Analyzing
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The vector equations of two lines and are respectively
and
I. and are skew lines.
II. is the point of intersection of and .
III. is the point of intersection of and .
IV. is the acute angle between, and .
Then, which of the following is true?
and
I. and are skew lines.
II. is the point of intersection of and .
III. is the point of intersection of and .
IV. is the acute angle between, and .
Then, which of the following is true?
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Correct option: B
I and IV
Option B (I and IV) is correct because lines L1 and L2 are skew lines, and the acute angle between them is calculated as cos-1(3/sqrt(35)).
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Medium
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Analyzing
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The equation of the straight line through the origin and parallel to the line are
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because solving the equations of the planes gives the direction ratios of the line, which match this option.
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Medium
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Application
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If a point lies on the line segment joining the points and then the distance of from the origin is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because after finding the coordinates of point R using the section formula, its distance from the origin is .
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Easy
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Application
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If the distance between line and a line passing through and having direction ratios is units, then is equal to
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Correct option: A
65
Option A (65) is correct because it is the square of the distance between the two lines, calculated using the formula for the distance between skew lines.
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Medium
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Application
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Consider the lines and given by
A line having direction ratios, , intersects and at the points and respectively. Then the length of line segment is
A line having direction ratios, , intersects and at the points and respectively. Then the length of line segment is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it calculates the distance between the points P and Q where the line L3 intersects L1 and L2, using the given direction ratios.
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Easy
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Application
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The projection of a line , where is and is on a line whose direction ratios are is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the projection of the line PQ onto the given direction ratios, calculated using the formula for projection.
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Easy
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Application
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The projection of a line segment on the coordinate axes are 2, 3, 6. Then, the length of the line segment is
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Correct option: A
7
Option A (7) is correct because the length of the line segment is the square root of the sum of the squares of its projections on the coordinate axes.
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Easy
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Application
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If the direction cosines of a line are then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the sum of the squares of the direction cosines must equal 1.
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Easy
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Application
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The projections of a vector on the three coordinate axes are respectively. The direction cosines of the vector are
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because these are the direction cosines of the vector, calculated by dividing the projections by the magnitude of the vector.
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