Misc 4 - Find shortest distance between lines r = 6i + 2j + 2k + ( - Miscellaneous

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Misc 4 Find the shortest distance between lines š‘Ÿ āƒ— = 6š‘– Ģ‚ + 2š‘— Ģ‚ + 2š‘˜ Ģ‚ + šœ† (š‘– Ģ‚ – 2š‘— Ģ‚ + 2š‘˜ Ģ‚) and š‘Ÿ āƒ— = –4š‘– Ģ‚ – š‘˜ Ģ‚ + šœ‡ (3š‘– Ģ‚ – 2š‘— Ģ‚ – 2š‘˜ Ģ‚) .Shortest distance between lines with vector equations š‘Ÿ āƒ— = (š‘Ž1) āƒ— + šœ† (š‘1) āƒ— and š‘Ÿ āƒ— = (š‘Ž2) āƒ— + šœ‡(š‘2) āƒ— is |(((š’ƒšŸ) āƒ— Ɨ (š’ƒšŸ) āƒ— ).((š’‚šŸ) āƒ— āˆ’ (š’‚šŸ) āƒ— ))/|(š’ƒšŸ) āƒ— Ɨ (š’ƒšŸ) āƒ— | | š’“ āƒ— = (6š’Š Ģ‚ + 2š’‹ Ģ‚ + 2š’Œ Ģ‚) + šœ† (š’Š Ģ‚ āˆ’ 2š’‹ Ģ‚ + 2š’Œ Ģ‚) Comparing with š‘Ÿ āƒ— = (š‘Ž1) āƒ— + šœ†(š‘1) āƒ— , (š‘Ž1) āƒ— = 6š‘– Ģ‚ + 2š‘— Ģ‚ + 2š‘˜ Ģ‚ & (š‘1) āƒ— = 1š‘– Ģ‚ āˆ’ 2š‘— Ģ‚ + 2š‘˜ Ģ‚ š’“ āƒ— = (āˆ’4š’Š Ģ‚ āˆ’ š’Œ Ģ‚) + š (3š’Š Ģ‚ āˆ’ 2š’‹ Ģ‚ āˆ’ 2š’Œ Ģ‚) Comparing with š‘Ÿ āƒ— = (š‘Ž2) āƒ— + šœ‡(š‘2) āƒ— , (š‘Ž2) āƒ— = āˆ’ 4š‘– Ģ‚ + 0š‘— Ģ‚ āˆ’ 1š‘˜ Ģ‚ & (š‘2) āƒ— = 3š‘– Ģ‚ āˆ’ 2š‘— Ģ‚ āˆ’ 2š‘˜ Ģ‚ Now, ((š’‚šŸ) āƒ— āˆ’ (š’‚šŸ) āƒ—) = (āˆ’4š‘– Ģ‚ + 0š‘— Ģ‚ āˆ’ 1š‘˜ Ģ‚) āˆ’ (6š‘– Ģ‚ + 2š‘— Ģ‚ + 2š‘˜ Ģ‚) = (āˆ’4 āˆ’ 6) š‘– Ģ‚ + (0 āˆ’ 2)š‘— Ģ‚ + (āˆ’1 āˆ’ 2) š‘˜ Ģ‚ = āˆ’ 10š’Š Ģ‚ āˆ’ 2š’‹ Ģ‚ āˆ’ 3š’Œ Ģ‚ ((š’ƒšŸ) āƒ— Ɨ (š’ƒšŸ) āƒ—) = |ā– 8(š‘– Ģ‚&š‘— Ģ‚&š‘˜ Ģ‚@1& āˆ’2&2@3&āˆ’2&āˆ’2)| = š‘– Ģ‚ [(āˆ’2Ć—āˆ’2)āˆ’(āˆ’2Ɨ2)] āˆ’ š‘— Ģ‚ [(1Ć—āˆ’2)āˆ’(3Ɨ2)] + š‘˜ Ģ‚ [(1Ć—āˆ’2)āˆ’(3Ć—āˆ’2)] = š‘– Ģ‚ [ 4+4] āˆ’ š‘— Ģ‚ [āˆ’2āˆ’6] + š‘˜ Ģ‚ [āˆ’2+6] = š‘– Ģ‚ (8) āˆ’ š‘— Ģ‚ (āˆ’8) + š‘˜ Ģ‚(4) = 8š’Š Ģ‚ + 8š’‹ Ģ‚ + 4š’Œ Ģ‚ Magnitude of (š‘1) āƒ— Ɨ (š‘2) āƒ— = √(8^2+8^2+4^2 ) |(š’ƒšŸ) āƒ— Ɨ (š’ƒšŸ) āƒ— | = √(64+64+16) = √144 = šŸšŸ Also, ((š’ƒšŸ) āƒ—Ć—(š’ƒšŸ) āƒ— ) . ((š’‚šŸ) āƒ— āˆ’ (š’‚šŸ) āƒ— ) = (8š‘– Ģ‚ + 8š‘— Ģ‚ + 4š‘˜ Ģ‚).(āˆ’ 10š‘– Ģ‚ āˆ’ 2š‘— Ģ‚ āˆ’ 3š‘˜ Ģ‚) = (8 Ɨ āˆ’ 10) + (8 Ɨ āˆ’ 2) + (4 Ɨ āˆ’ 3) = āˆ’ 80 + (āˆ’16) + (-12) = āˆ’ 108 Shortest distance = |(((š‘1) āƒ— Ɨ (š‘2) āƒ— ) . ((š‘Ž2) āƒ— āˆ’ (š‘Ž1) āƒ— ))/|(š‘1) āƒ— Ɨ (š‘2) āƒ— | | = |( āˆ’šŸšŸŽšŸ–)/šŸšŸ| = |āˆ’9| = 9 Therefore, the shortest distance between the given two lines is 9.

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