CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2007

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    The angle between\[\overrightarrow{r}=(1+2\mu )\hat{i}+(2+\mu )\hat{j}+(2\mu -1)\hat{k}\]and the plane\[3x-2y+6z=0\](where u is a scalar) is

    A)  \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{15}{21} \right)\]          

    B)         \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{16}{21} \right)\]

    C)  \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{16}{21} \right)\]          

    D)         \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]

    E)  \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \right)\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    The given line is \[\overrightarrow{r}=(1+2\mu )\hat{i}+(2+\mu )\hat{j}+(2\mu -1)\hat{k}\]                         \[=(\hat{i}+2\hat{j}-\hat{k})+\mu (2\hat{i}+\hat{j}+2\hat{k})\] \[\therefore \]Equation of line in cartesian form is                 \[\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{1}=\frac{z+1}{2}\] \[\therefore \]Angle between line and a plane is \[\sin \theta =\frac{{{a}_{1}}{{a}_{2}}+{{b}_{1}}{{b}_{2}}+{{c}_{1}}{{c}_{2}}}{\sqrt{a_{1}^{2}+b_{1}^{2}+c_{1}^{2}}\sqrt{a_{2}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+c_{2}^{2}}}\] \[=\frac{2\times 3+1\times (-2)+2\times 6}{\sqrt{4+1+4}\sqrt{9+4+36}}\] \[=\frac{6-2+12}{21}=\frac{16}{21}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\theta ={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{16}{21} \right)\]


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