Saturday, April 14, 2012

Determine a direction vector for the line of intersection of the plane through the points A(1,2,4), B(-1,2,-3) and C(3,5,-1) and the plane...

The equation of a plane passing through the points
A(1,2,4), B(-1,2,-3) and C(3,5,-1) is determined by finding the vectors `vec(AB)` and
`vec(AC)`


`vec(AB)` = (-1-1)i + (2 - 2)j + (-3 - 4)k = -2i
-7k


`vec (AC)` = (3 - 1)i + (5 - 2)j + (-1-4)k = 2i + 3j -
5k


The normal vector n = `vec (AB)xx vec(AC)` = i(21) -
j(10 + 14) + k(-6) = 21i - 24j - 6k


The equation of the
plane in normal form is 21(x - 1) - 24(y - 2) - 6(z - 4) =
0


The equation of the plane can be converted to normal form
as follows:[x,y,z]=[3,6,7] + s[4,-5,1] +
t[3,-1,-1]


`<4, -5, 1>xx<3, -1,
-1>` = 6i + 7j + 11k


The equation of the plane is
6(x - 3) + 7(y - 6) + 11(z - 7) = 0


The cross product of
21i - 24j - 6k and 6i + 7j + 11k is 222i + 267j -
291k.


The direction vector of the line of
intersection of the given planes is 222i + 267j -
291k.

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