Find the direction ratio and direction cosines of a line parallel to the whose equations are $6x - 2 = 3y + 1 = 2z - 2.$ |
DRs: $(1, 2, 3)$; DCs: $(\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{14}})$ DRs: $(6, 3, 2)$; DCs: $(\frac{6}{7}, \frac{3}{7}, \frac{2}{7})$ DRs: $(1, 2, 3)$; DCs: $(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{2}{6}, \frac{3}{6})$ DRs: $(2, 1, 2)$; DCs: $(\frac{2}{3}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3})$ |
DRs: $(1, 2, 3)$; DCs: $(\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{14}})$ |
The correct answer is Option (1) → DRs: $(1, 2, 3)$; DCs: $(\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{14}})$ ## Given line \(L\): $6x - 2 = 3y + 1 = 2z – 2$ or $\frac{x - \frac{1}{3}}{\frac{1}{6}} = \frac{y - \left(-\frac{1}{3}\right)}{\frac{1}{3}} = \frac{z - 1}{\frac{1}{2}}$ or $\frac{x - \frac{1}{3}}{1} = \frac{y + \frac{1}{3}}{2} = \frac{z - 1}{3}$ So, d.r.'s of line \(L\) are \(1, 2, 3\). ∴ Direction cosines of line \(L\) are: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2}}$ i.e., $\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{14}}$ Now, since the parallel lines have the proportional d.r.'s and direction cosines, so d.r.'s of required line passing through \(\left( \frac{1}{3}, -\frac{1}{3}, 1 \right)\) are \(1, 2, 3\) and direction cosines are $\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{14}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{14}}$ |