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The shortest distance between skew lines is equal to the length of the perpendicular between the two lines.

The perpendicular of x=-y will be y=x (opposite bisector of the coordinate plane). Hence the least distance between PQ and line:x=-y will pass from A(0,0).

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Given two points P = (3, 0) and Q = (0, 6), find the co-ordinates of the point A, lying on the line x = - y, so that the triangle PAQ has the least possible perimeter.

(A) ( 1, -1 )
(B) ( -1, 1 )
(C) (-0.5,0.5)
(D) ( 2, -2)
(E) (0,0)

What is the source of this question? It is not very GMAT-like. We can prove that the triangle with the smallest perimeter will be the one for which A is at (0, 0) but the proof is not very intuitive. Also, we can use the distance formula to find the point which gives smallest perimeter but that is quite cumbersome.
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