The plane has equation
Find a vector normal to and hence show that the equation of can be written as .
The line has equation
The point on where is denoted by . Find the set of values of for which the perpendicular distance of from is not greater than 4.The plane contains and the point with position vector . Find the acute angle between and .
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Q11[0]
1. Calculate the cross product of the plane's direction vectors to find a normal vector.
From the parametric equation of , the direction vectors are and .
Let be the normal vector.
2. Form the scalar product equation of the plane.
Using the position vector from the plane's equation and taking a parallel normal vector for simplicity:
3. Convert the scalar product equation to Cartesian form.
Substitute :
or
Q11[1]
1. Express the position vector of $P$ in terms of $\lambda$.
Since lies on the line where , its position vector is:
2. Apply the perpendicular distance formula from point $P$ to the plane $\Pi_1$.
From part [0], the Cartesian equation of is .
The perpendicular distance from to is given by:
3. Simplify the expression for the perpendicular distance.
4. Set up and solve the modulus inequality to find the range of $\lambda$.
The perpendicular distance is not greater than 4, which means :
Q11[2]
1. State the normal vector to the first plane, $\Pi_1$.
From part [0], the Cartesian equation of the plane is .
The normal vector to can be read directly from the coefficients:
2. Identify two non-parallel direction vectors that are parallel to $\Pi_2$.
Plane contains line , so one direction vector is the direction of :
also contains a specific point and the position vector which lies on . The vector connecting these two points is also parallel to :
3. Determine a normal vector to $\Pi_2$ using the cross product.
The normal vector to is perpendicular to both and :
Dividing by a common factor of 6 to simplify, we can use a parallel normal vector:
4. Calculate the acute angle between $\Pi_1$ and $\Pi_2$.
Let be the acute angle between the planes, which is the acute angle between their normal vectors.
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