alleryStart learning →The shortest distance between the x-axis and the line through (0, 0, 3) parallel to the y-axis is
A0
B1
C2
D3
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 3
Here b1 × b2 = i × j = k and a2 - a1 = 3k, so the distance is |3k · k| / 1 = 3.
Keep practising Line and Plane
Browse all Line and Plane questions for MHT-CET, or explore more Mathematics topics.
Related questions
Lines with direction ratios 1, 2, 2 and 2, 1, k are perpendicular when k equalsA line in space is completely determined byNormals to a given plane have direction ratios that areThe plane through (1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0) and (0, 0, 1) isThe plane through the origin and the intersection of x + y + z = 1 and 2x + 3y + 4z = 5 isWhich plane passes through the line of intersection of r · n1 = d1 and r · n2 = d2?The plane containing two coplanar lines r = a1 + λb1 and r = a2 + μb2 has a normal alongIf the distance between two non-parallel lines is zero, then the lines are