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Q.The angle between the lines x−23=y+1−2\dfrac{x-2}{3}=\dfrac{y+1}{-2}, z=2z=2 and x−11=2y+33=z+52\dfrac{x-1}{1}=\dfrac{2y+3}{3}=\dfrac{z+5}{2} is :

(a) π3\dfrac{\pi}{3}
(b) π6\dfrac{\pi}{6}
(c) π2\dfrac{\pi}{2}
(d) π4\dfrac{\pi}{4}
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Extracting each line's direction vector (rewriting the second line's 2y+32y+3 term into standard symmetric form) and finding their dot product is zero shows the lines are perpendicular.

  1. Line 1: x−23=y+1−2\dfrac{x-2}{3}=\dfrac{y+1}{-2}, z=2z=2. Since zz is fixed (no variation with the parameter), its direction ratios are d⃗1=(3,−2,0)\vec d_1=(3,-2,0).
  2. Line 2: x−11=2y+33=z+52\dfrac{x-1}{1}=\dfrac{2y+3}{3}=\dfrac{z+5}{2}. Rewrite the middle term: 2y+3=2(y+32)2y+3=2\left(y+\dfrac32\right), so 2y+33=y+3/23/2\dfrac{2y+3}{3}=\dfrac{y+3/2}{3/2}. …

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