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Let the lines $L _ { 1 } : \frac { x + 5 } { 3 } = \frac { y + 4 } { 1 } = \frac { z - \alpha } { - 2 }$ and $L _ { 2 } : 3 x + 2 y + z - 2 = 0 = x - 3 y + 2 z - 13$ be coplanar. If the point $P ( a , b , c )$ on $L _ { 1 }$ is nearest to the point $Q ( - 4 , - 3,2 )$, then $| a | + | b | + | c |$ is equal to
(1) 12
(2) 14
(3) 8
(4) 10
Consider the lines $L _ { 1 }$ and $L _ { 2 }$ given by $L _ { 1 } : \frac { x - 1 } { 2 } = \frac { y - 3 } { 1 } = \frac { z - 2 } { 2 }$ $L _ { 2 } : \frac { x - 2 } { 1 } = \frac { y - 2 } { 2 } = \frac { z - 3 } { 3 }$
A line $L _ { 3 }$ having direction ratios $1 , - 1 , - 2$, intersects $L _ { 1 }$ and $L _ { 2 }$ at the points $P$ and $Q$ respectively. Then the length of line segment $P Q$ is
(1) $2 \sqrt { 6 }$
(2) $3 \sqrt { 2 }$
(3) $4 \sqrt { 3 }$
(4) 4
Let the co-ordinates of one vertex of $\triangle A B C$ be $A ( 0,2 , \alpha )$ and the other two vertices lie on the line $\frac { \mathrm { x } + \alpha } { 5 } = \frac { \mathrm { y } - 1 } { 2 } = \frac { \mathrm { z } + 4 } { 3 }$. For $\alpha \in \mathbb { Z }$, if the area of $\triangle A B C$ is 21 sq. units and the line segment $B C$ has length $2 \sqrt { 21 }$ units, then $\alpha ^ { 2 }$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$ .
The plane $2 x - y + z = 4$ intersects the line segment joining the points $\mathrm { A } ( \mathrm { a } , - 2,4 )$ and $\mathrm { B } ( 2 , \mathrm {~b} , - 3 )$ at the point C in the ratio 2 : 1 and the distance of the point C from the origin is $\sqrt { 5 }$. If $a b < 0$ and P is the point $( \mathrm { a } - \mathrm { b } , \mathrm { b } , 2 \mathrm {~b} - \mathrm { a } )$ then $\mathrm { CP } ^ { 2 }$ is equal to: (1) $\frac { 17 } { 3 }$ (2) $\frac { 16 } { 3 }$ (3) $\frac { 73 } { 3 }$ (4) $\frac { 97 } { 3 }$
Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{a}| = \sqrt{14}$, $|\vec{b}| = \sqrt{6}$ and $|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}| = \sqrt{48}$. Then $(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b})^2$ is equal to $\underline{\hspace{1cm}}$.
Let the plane $P : 4 x - y + z = 10$ be rotated by an angle $\frac { \pi } { 2 }$ about its line of intersection with the plane $x + y - z = 4$. If $\alpha$ is the distance of the point $( 2,3 , - 4 )$ from the new position of the plane $P$, then $35 \alpha$ is equal to
(1) 85
(2) 105
(3) 126
(4) 90
If the lines $\frac { x - 1 } { 1 } = \frac { y - 2 } { 2 } = \frac { z + 3 } { 1 }$ and $\frac { x - a } { 2 } = \frac { y + 2 } { 3 } = \frac { z - 3 } { 1 }$ intersects at the point $P$, then the distance of the point $P$ from the plane $z = a$ is : (1) 16 (2) 28 (3) 10 (4) 22
Let the line $L: \frac{x-1}{2} = \frac{y+1}{-1} = \frac{z-3}{1}$ intersect the plane $2x + y + 3z = 16$ at the point $P$. Let the point $Q$ be the foot of perpendicular from the point $R(1,-1,-3)$ on the line $L$. If $\alpha$ is the area of triangle $PQR$, then $\alpha^2$ is equal to $\underline{\hspace{1cm}}$.
jee-main 2023 Q90 Area Computation Using Vectors View
$A(2, 6, 2)$, $B(-4, 0, \lambda)$, $C(2, 3, -1)$ and $D(4, 5, 0)$, $\lambda \leq 5$ are the vertices of a quadrilateral $ABCD$. If its area is 18 square units, then $5 - 6\lambda$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.
jee-main 2023 Q90 Dihedral Angle Computation View
Let $\theta$ be the angle between the planes $P_1: \vec{r} \cdot (\hat{i} + \hat{j} + 2\hat{k}) = 9$ and $P_2: \vec{r} \cdot (2\hat{i} - \hat{j} + \hat{k}) = 15$. Let $L$ be the line that meets $P_2$ at the point $(4,-2,5)$ and makes an angle $\theta$ with the normal of $P_2$. If $\alpha$ is the angle between $L$ and $P_2$, then $\tan^2\theta \cdot \cot^2\alpha$ is equal to $\underline{\hspace{1cm}}$.
If $A ( 3,1 , -1 ) , B \left( \frac { 5 } { 3 } , \frac { 7 } { 3 } , \frac { 1 } { 3 } \right) , C ( 2,2,1 )$ and $D \left( \frac { 10 } { 3 } , \frac { 2 } { 3 } , \frac { -1 } { 3 } \right)$ are the vertices of a quadrilateral $ABCD$, then its area is
(1) $\frac { 2 \sqrt { 2 } } { 3 }$
(2) $\frac { 5 \sqrt { 2 } } { 3 }$
(3) $2 \sqrt { 2 }$
(4) $\frac { 4 \sqrt { 2 } } { 3 }$
Consider a $\triangle ABC$ where $A(1,3,2)$, $B(-2,8,0)$ and $C(3,6,7)$. If the angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ meets the line $BC$ at $D$, then the length of the projection of the vector $\overrightarrow{AD}$ on the vector $\overrightarrow{AC}$ is:
(1) $\frac{37}{2\sqrt{38}}$
(2) $\frac{\sqrt{38}}{2}$
(3) $\frac{39}{2\sqrt{38}}$
(4) $\sqrt{19}$
The position vectors of the vertices $A , B$ and $C$ of a triangle are $2 \hat { i } - 3 \hat { j } + 3 \hat { k } , \quad 2 \hat { i } + 2 \hat { j } + 3 \hat { k }$ and $- \hat { i } + \hat { j } + 3 \hat { k }$ respectively. Let $l$ denotes the length of the angle bisector AD of $\angle \mathrm { BAC }$ where D is on the line segment BC , then $2 l ^ { 2 }$ equals :
(1) 49
(2) 42
(3) 50
(4) 45
jee-main 2024 Q77 Magnitude of Vector Expression View
Let $\vec{a} = \hat{i} + \alpha\hat{j} + \beta\hat{k}$, $\alpha, \beta \in R$. Let a vector $\vec{b}$ be such that the angle between $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and $|\vec{b}|^2 = 6$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = 3\sqrt{2}$, then the value of $(\alpha^2 + \beta^2)|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|^2$ is equal to
(1) 90
(2) 75
(3) 95
(4) 85
Consider three vectors $\vec { a } , \vec { b } , \vec { c }$. Let $| \vec { a } | = 2 , | \vec { b } | = 3$ and $\vec { a } = \vec { b } \times \vec { c }$. If $\alpha \in \left[ 0 , \frac { \pi } { 3 } \right]$ is the angle between the vectors $\vec { b }$ and $\vec { c }$, then the minimum value of $27 | \vec { c } - \vec { a } | ^ { 2 }$ is equal to:
(1) 110
(2) 124
(3) 121
(4) 105
jee-main 2024 Q77 Angle or Cosine Between Vectors View
The set of all $\alpha$, for which the vectors $\vec { a } = \alpha t \hat { i } + 6 \hat { j } - 3 \hat { k }$ and $\vec { b } = t \hat { i } - 2 \hat { j } - 2 \alpha t \hat { k }$ are inclined at an obtuse angle for all $t \in \mathbb { R }$, is
(1) $\left( - \frac { 4 } { 3 } , 1 \right)$
(2) $[ 0,1 )$
(3) $\left( - \frac { 4 } { 3 } , 0 \right]$
(4) $( - 2,0 ]$
jee-main 2024 Q77 Dot Product Computation View
Let $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { a } } = 2 \hat { i } + \hat { j } - \hat { k } , \overrightarrow { \mathrm {~b} } = ( ( \overrightarrow { \mathrm { a } } \times ( \hat { i } + \hat { j } ) ) \times \hat { i } ) \times \hat { i }$. Then the square of the projection of $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { a } }$ on $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { b } }$ is:
(1) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(2) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
(3) 2
(4) $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$
jee-main 2024 Q77 Trigonometric Inequality Proof View
Between the following two statements: Statement I : Let $\vec { a } = \hat { i } + 2 \hat { j } - 3 \hat { k }$ and $\vec { b } = 2 \hat { i } + \hat { j } - \hat { k }$. Then the vector $\vec { r }$ satisfying $\vec { a } \times \vec { r } = \vec { a } \times \vec { b }$ and $\vec { a } \cdot \vec { r } = 0$ is of magnitude $\sqrt { 10 }$. Statement II : In a triangle $A B C , \cos 2 A + \cos 2 B + \cos 2 C \geq - \frac { 3 } { 2 }$.
(1) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
(4) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
If the mirror image of the point $P(3,4,9)$ in the line $\frac{x-1}{3} = \frac{y+1}{2} = \frac{z-2}{1}$ is $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$, then $14\alpha + \beta + \gamma$ is:
(1) 102
(2) 138
(3) 108
(4) 132
If $\vec { a } = \hat { i } + 2 \hat { j } + \hat { k } , \vec { b } = 3 ( \hat { i } - \hat { j } + \hat { k } )$ and $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { c } }$ be the vector such that $\vec { a } \times \vec { c } = \vec { b }$ and $\vec { a } \cdot \vec { c } = 3$, then $\vec { a } \cdot ( ( \vec { c } \times \vec { b } ) - \vec { b } - \vec { c } )$ is equal to
(1) 32
(2) 24
(3) 20
(4) 36
Let $O$ be the origin and the position vector of $A$ and $B$ be $2 \hat { i } + 2 \hat { j } + \widehat { k }$ and $2 \hat { i } + 4 \hat { j } + 4 \widehat { k }$ respectively. If the internal bisector of $\angle A O B$ meets the line $A B$ at $C$, then the length of $O C$ is
(1) $\frac { 2 } { 3 } \sqrt { 31 }$
(2) $\frac { 2 } { 3 } \sqrt { 34 }$
(3) $\frac { 3 } { 4 } \sqrt { 34 }$
(4) $\frac { 3 } { 2 } \sqrt { 31 }$
Let the position vectors of the vertices $A , B$ and $C$ of a triangle be $2 \hat { i } + 2 \hat { j } + \hat { k } , \hat { i } + 2 \hat { j } + 2 \hat { k }$ and $2 \hat { i } + \hat { j } + 2 \hat { k }$ respectively. Let $l _ { 1 } , l _ { 2 }$ and $l _ { 3 }$ be the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from the ortho centre of the triangle on the sides $A B , B C$ and $C A$ respectively, then $l _ { 1 } ^ { 2 } + l _ { 2 } ^ { 2 } + l _ { 3 } ^ { 2 }$ equals :
(1) $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$
(2) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(4) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
jee-main 2024 Q78 Magnitude of Vector Expression View
Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{b}| = 1$ and $|\vec{b} \times \vec{a}| = 2$. Then $|(\vec{b} \times \vec{a}) - \vec{b}|^2$ is equal to
(1) 3
(2) 5
(3) 1
(4) 4
jee-main 2024 Q78 Dot Product Computation View
Let $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { a } } = 2 \hat { i } + 5 \hat { j } - \hat { k } , \overrightarrow { \mathrm {~b} } = 2 \hat { i } - 2 \hat { j } + 2 \hat { k }$ and $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { c } }$ be three vectors such that $( \vec { c } + \hat { i } ) \times ( \vec { a } + \vec { b } + \hat { i } ) = \vec { a } \times ( \vec { c } + \hat { i } )$. If $\vec { a } \cdot \vec { c } = - 29$, then $\vec { c } \cdot ( - 2 \hat { i } + \hat { j } + \hat { k } )$ is equal to:
(1) 15
(2) 12
(3) 10
(4) 5
jee-main 2024 Q78 Dot Product Computation View
Let $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { a } } = 6 \hat { i } + \hat { j } - \hat { k }$ and $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { b } } = \hat { i } + \hat { j }$. If $\overrightarrow { \mathrm { c } }$ is a vector such that $| \overrightarrow { \mathrm { c } } | \geq 6 , \overrightarrow { \mathrm { a } } \cdot \overrightarrow { \mathrm { c } } = 6 | \overrightarrow { \mathrm { c } } | , | \overrightarrow { \mathrm { c } } - \overrightarrow { \mathrm { a } } | = 2 \sqrt { 2 }$ and the angle between $\vec { a } \times \vec { b }$ and $\vec { c }$ is $60 ^ { \circ }$, then $| ( \vec { a } \times \vec { b } ) \times \vec { c } |$ is equal to:
(1) $\frac { 9 } { 2 } ( 6 - \sqrt { 6 } )$
(2) $\frac { 3 } { 2 } \sqrt { 6 }$
(3) $\frac { 9 } { 2 } ( 6 + \sqrt { 6 } )$
(4) $\frac { 3 } { 2 } \sqrt { 3 }$