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Distance

The nearest points and form the shortest line segment joining Line 1 and Line 2:

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The distance between nearest points in two skew lines may also be expressed using other vectors:

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Here the 1×3 vector represents an arbitrary point on the line through particular point with representing the direction of the line and with the value of the real number determining where the point is on the line, and similarly for arbitrary point on the line through

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