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What is the distance between

two skew lines?

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Distance between

two skew lines

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Leonardo Sembiring

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How to determine the coordinates from origin? Please use the following rules.

X+

X-

Z+

Z-

Y+

Y-

UNDER

LEFT

ABOVE

BACK

FRONT

RIGHT

3

1

2

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multiply

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Find the distance

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Assuming one point in each line as origin with coordinate (0, 0, 0)

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Copy coordinates of points to the right and determine plane vector

2

Find coordinate of other point in each line other than origin

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Square the plane vector and sum products of both vectors

P and Q are midpoints of line segment EA and FG respectively.

What is the distance between lines PQ and RH?

0

2

2

2

-2

-1

-1

+2

(0, 0, 0)

-1

+1

-1

-2

Length of sides of the cube is 2.

+

2

-2

-1

-1

-1

1

2

-2

-1

-1

-1

1

2

-1

5

-3

-1

0

-2

1

25

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1

0

6

R (0, 0, 0)

H

P

R

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Distance =

=

7

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plane vector

point vector

(-1).2-(-1).1 = -1

(-2).1-(-1).(-1) = -3

(-1).(-1)-(-2).2 = 5

1

2

3

square

R is the midpoint of base of cubic ABCD.

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Find coordinate between origins relatively to each other

Q (0, 0, 0)

(0, 0, 0)

add up

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