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Angle between a line and a plane

This type of question, asked 5 times: 25 Jul 2022, 27 Jul 2022, 31 Jan 2023, 8 Apr 2023, 11 Apr 2023. All 5 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    25 Jul 2022

    90
    The line of shortest distance between the lines x−20=y−11=z1\frac{x - 2}{0}=\frac{y - 1}{1}=\frac{z}{1} and x−32=y−52=z−11\frac{x - 3}{2}=\frac{y - 5}{2}=\frac{z - 1}{1} makes an angle of cos⁡−1(227)\cos^{- 1}\left( \sqrt{\frac{2}{27}} \right) with the plane :ax−y−:ax - y - z=0,(a>0)z = 0,(a > 0). If the image of the point (1,1,−5)(1,1, - 5) in the plane PP is (α,β,γ)(\alpha,\beta,\gamma), then α+β−γ\alpha + \beta - \gamma is equal to
  2. Question 2

    27 Jul 2022

    165
    If the line of intersection of the planes ax+by=3ax + by = 3 and ax+by+cz=0,a>0ax + by + cz = 0,a > 0 makes an angle 30∘30^{\circ} with the plane y−z+2=0y - z + 2 = 0, then the direction cosines of the line are :

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  3. Question 3

    31 Jan 2023

    85
    Let θ\theta be the angle between the planes P1:r→⋅(ı^+ȷ^+2k^)=9P_{1}:\overrightarrow{r}\cdot (\widehat{\imath}+\widehat{\jmath}+ 2\widehat{k}) = 9 and P2:r→⋅(2ı^−ȷ^+k^)=15P_{2}:\overrightarrow{r}\cdot (2\widehat{\imath}-\widehat{\jmath}+\widehat{k}) = 15. Let LL be the line that meets P2P_{2} at the point (4,−2,5)(4, - 2,5) and makes an angle θ\theta with the normal of P2P_{2}. If α\alpha is the angle between LL and P2P_{2}, then (tan⁡2θ)(cot⁡2α)\left( \tan^{2}\theta \right)\left( \cot^{2}\alpha \right) is equal to
  4. Question 4

    8 Apr 2023

    162
    For a,b∈Za,b \in Z and ∣a−b∣≤10|a - b| \leq 10, let the angle between the plane P:ax+y−z=bP:ax + y - z = b and the line l:x−1=al:x - 1 = a −y=z+1- y = z + 1 be cos⁡−1(13)\cos^{- 1}\left( \frac{1}{3} \right). If the distance of the point (6,−6,4)(6, - 6,4) from the plane PP is 363\sqrt{6}, then a4+b2a^{4}+b^{2} is equal to

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  5. Question 5

    11 Apr 2023

    178
    Let the line l:x=1−y−2=z−3λ,λ∈R\mathcal{l:}x = \frac{1 - y}{- 2} = \frac{z - 3}{\lambda},\lambda \in R meet the plane P:x+2y+3z=4P:x + 2y + 3z = 4 at the point (α,β,γ)(\alpha,\beta,\gamma). If the angle between the line l\mathcal{l} and the plane PP is cos⁡−1(514)\cos^{- 1}\left( \sqrt{\frac{5}{14}} \right), then α+2β+6γ\alpha + 2\beta + 6\gamma is equal to