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Two statements are given, one labelled Assertion (A) and other labelled Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Lines given by x=py+q,x=p y+q, z=ry+sz=r y+s and x=p′y+q′,z=r′y+s′x=p' y+q', z=r' y+s' are perpendicular to each other when pp′+rr′=1p p'+r r'=1.
Reason (R): Two lines r⃗=a⃗1+λb⃗1\vec{r} = \vec{a}_1 + \lambda \vec{b}_1 and r⃗=a⃗2+μb⃗2\vec{r} = \vec{a}_2 + \mu \vec{b}_2 are perpendicular to each other if b⃗1⋅b⃗2=0\vec{b}_1 \cdot \vec{b}_2 = 0.
Select the correct answer from the options (A), (B), (C) and (D) as given below.
Solution:  
x=py+q,z=ry+sx=p y+q, z=r y+s
here, we put y = t
x=pt+q,z=rt+sx=p t+q, z=r t+s
(x,y,z)=(pt+q,t,rt+s)(x, y, z)=(p t+q, t, r t+s)
Direction vector: d⃗1=(p,1,r)\vec{d}_1 = (p, 1, r)
Line 2:
x=p′y+q′,z=r′y+s′x=p' y+q', z=r' y+s'
Here, we put y=t′y=t'
x=p′t′+q′,z=r′t′+s′x=p' t'+q', z=r' t'+s'
(x,y,z)=(p′t′+q′,t′,r′t′+s′)(x, y, z)= (p' t'+q', t', r' t'+s')
Direction vector: d⃗2=(p′,1,r′)\vec{d}_2 = (p', 1, r')
Two lines are perpendicular when dot product of their direction vectors is zero.
d1⃗⋅d2⃗=0\vec{d_1} \cdot \vec{d_2} = 0
pp′+1+rr′=0p p'+1+r r'=0
pp′+rr′=−1p p'+r r'=-1, but in assertion it is given that pp′+rr′=1p p'+r r'=1. So assertion is false.
Two lines r⃗=a1⃗+λb1⃗\vec{r} = \vec{a_1} + \lambda \vec{b_1} and r⃗=a2⃗+μb2⃗\vec{r} = \vec{a_2} + \mu \vec{b_2} are perpendicular when the dot product of their direction vector is zero.
Here, direction vectors are b1⃗\vec{b_1} and b2⃗\vec{b_2} respectively.
So b1⃗⋅b2⃗=0\vec{b_1} \cdot \vec{b_2} = 0
Reason is true.
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