- AStatement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is not a correct explanation for Statement -1.
- BStatement -1 is true, Statement - 2 is false.
- CStatement - 1 is false , Statement -2 is true.
- DStatement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is a correct explanation for Statement -1.
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Correct answer: A
- Interpret the given line
The line can be written in parametric form as So a point on the line is and its direction vector is
- Check Statement-2: Does the line bisect the segment joining and ?
Given The midpoint of is
Now check whether lies on the line.
If , then from , we get Then So indeed, is on the given line.
Hence, the line bisects the segment .
So Statement-2 is true.
- Check Statement-1: Is the mirror image of in the given line?
For a point to be the mirror image of another point in a line in 3D, the line must:
- pass through the midpoint of the two points, and
- be perpendicular to the segment joining them.
We already verified condition 1.
Now compute
Direction vector of the line is
Check perpendicularity using dot product: Thus,
Therefore the given line is the perpendicular bisector axis of segment , so reflection of in this line is indeed .
Hence, Statement-1 is true.
- Check whether Statement-2 explains Statement-1
Statement-2 says only that the line bisects the segment .
But for mirror image in a line, merely bisecting the segment is not sufficient. The line must also be perpendicular to the segment. Since Statement-2 does not include this perpendicularity condition, it is not a complete explanation of Statement-1.
Thus:
- Statement-1 is true
- Statement-2 is true
- Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of Statement-1
- Correct option
Therefore, the correct answer is
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