MHT CET 2023 Mathematics question

The length of the perpendicular drawn from the point (1, 2, 3) to the line is

Answer: (D)

Solution

A point on the line is . The vector from to is , which must be perpendicular to the direction : , i.e. , so and . The foot is . Then

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