Boy Mow Chau's answer to Candice lim's Junior College 1 H2 Maths Singapore question.

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Boy Mow Chau
Boy Mow Chau's answer
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1st
dot product of direction vectors = 0.
<=> lines are perpendicular.

no unique solution for lambda & mu
<=> no intersection point

no intersection point & lines not parallel
<=> skew lines.
Boy Mow Chau
Boy Mow Chau
2 years ago
should rephrase 2nd point above, as ...

no solution for lambda & mu
<=> no intersection point

1 unique solution for lambda & mu
<=> 1 intersection point

infinite solution for lambda & mu
<=> the 2 lines coincide !!
Candice lim
Candice Lim
2 years ago
Thank you so much Mr Chau. Your explanation is very clear and I can understand it well.