The equations of planes and are respectively given by where and are real constants.
- (a)
Given that the line lies in , find and .
- (b)
It is now given that and .
Find the equation of the line of intersection of and .
- (c)
The plane with equation is parallel to . Find the distance between and .
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Worked solution
4(a)
1. Extract a point and the direction vector from the Cartesian equation of line $l_1$.
Rewrite the equation of into the standard form :
From this, a point on has position vector and the direction vector of is .
2. Substitute the point on $l_1$ into the equation of plane $p_2$ to find $\alpha$.
Since the line lies completely in plane , any point on must also lie on . Substituting the point into the equation of :
3. Use the perpendicularity between the line's direction vector and the plane's normal vector to find $\beta$.
Since lies in , its direction vector must be perpendicular to the normal vector of . Hence, their dot product is zero:
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4(b)
1. Substitute the parametric form of $p_1$ into the scalar product equation of $p_2$ to find the relationship between parameters $s$ and $t$.
From the equation of , a generic point on the plane has position vector:
Substituting this into the equation of :
2. Express $s$ in terms of $t$ and substitute it back into the equation of $p_1$.
Substituting back into the equation of :
3. Simplify the direction vector to obtain the standard vector equation of the line.
Factoring out from the direction vector components:
Letting , the line of intersection is:
4(c)
1. Identify the coordinates of a known point on the line $l_1$.
From the equation of , a point on the line is .
2. Calculate the perpendicular distance from point $A$ to plane $p_3$.
Since is parallel to , the distance between them is the perpendicular distance from any point on to .
The equation of can be expressed as .
Using the distance formula :
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