Equation of the line of the shortest distance between the lines x1 = y -1 = z1 and x-1 0 = y+1 -2 = z1 is

JEE Main 2014 Mathematics question

Equation of the line of the shortest distance between the lines and is

Answer: (3)

Take on the first line and on the second. Requiring to be perpendicular to both directions (1, −1, 1) and (0, −2, 1) gives and , so s = 0 and

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