Question

The lines $$2x = 3y = - z$$    and $$6x = - y = - 4z$$

A. are perpendicular  
B. are parallel
C. intersect at an angle $${45^ \circ }$$
D. intersect at an angle $${60^ \circ }$$
Answer :   are perpendicular
Solution :
$$\eqalign{ & 2x = 3y = - z \cr & {\text{or }}\frac{x}{3} = \frac{y}{2} = \frac{z}{{ - 6}} \cr & 6x = - y = - 4z \cr & {\text{or }}\frac{x}{2} = \frac{y}{{ - 12}} = \frac{z}{{ - 3}} \cr & \cos \,\theta = \frac{{{x_1}{x_2} + {y_1}{y_2} + {z_1}{z_2}}}{{\sqrt {x_1^2 + x_2^2 + x_3^2} .\sqrt {y_1^2 + y_2^2 + y_3^2} }} \cr & \cos \,\theta = \frac{{\left( {6 - 24 + 18} \right)}}{{\sqrt {{{\left( 3 \right)}^2} + {{\left( 2 \right)}^2} + {{\left( { - 6} \right)}^2}} .\sqrt {{{\left( 2 \right)}^2} + {{\left( { - 12} \right)}^2} + {{\left( { - 3} \right)}^2}} }} \cr & \cos \,\theta = 0 \cr & \theta = {90^ \circ } \cr} $$
So lines are perpendicular.

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Geometry >> Straight Lines

Releted Question 1

The points $$\left( { - a, - b} \right),\left( {0,\,0} \right),\left( {a,\,b} \right)$$     and $$\left( {{a^2},\,ab} \right)$$  are :

A. Collinear
B. Vertices of a parallelogram
C. Vertices of a rectangle
D. None of these
Releted Question 2

The point (4, 1) undergoes the following three transformations successively.
(i) Reflection about the line $$y =x.$$
(ii) Translation through a distance 2 units along the positive direction of $$x$$-axis.
(iii) Rotation through an angle $$\frac{p}{4}$$ about the origin in the counter clockwise direction.
Then the final position of the point is given by the coordinates.

A. $$\left( {\frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }},\,\frac{7}{{\sqrt 2 }}} \right)$$
B. $$\left( { - \sqrt 2 ,\,7\sqrt 2 } \right)$$
C. $$\left( { - \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }},\,\frac{7}{{\sqrt 2 }}} \right)$$
D. $$\left( {\sqrt 2 ,\,7\sqrt 2 } \right)$$
Releted Question 3

The straight lines $$x + y= 0, \,3x + y-4=0,\,x+ 3y-4=0$$         form a triangle which is-

A. isosceles
B. equilateral
C. right angled
D. none of these
Releted Question 4

If $$P = \left( {1,\,0} \right),\,Q = \left( { - 1,\,0} \right)$$     and $$R = \left( {2,\,0} \right)$$  are three given points, then locus of the point $$S$$ satisfying the relation $$S{Q^2} + S{R^2} = 2S{P^2},$$    is-

A. a straight line parallel to $$x$$-axis
B. a circle passing through the origin
C. a circle with the centre at the origin
D. a straight line parallel to $$y$$-axis

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