JEE Main2026Apr 2, Shift 1Mathematics
Q.
Let a line passing through the point be perpendicular to both the vectors and . If is the foot of perpendicular from the origin on the line , then the value of is :
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Solution
Direction of is the cross product of the two given vectors:
Parameterise as . A general point is (rewriting with direction as in the source gives ).
For to be the foot of perpendicular from origin, must be orthogonal to the direction:
Hence .
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