The line contains the point with coordinates and is parallel to . The plane has cartesian equation .
- (i)
Find the acute angle between and , giving your answer to the nearest degree.
- (ii)
Find the coordinates of , the point of intersection between and .
- (iii)
The plane contains and is perpendicular to .
Find a cartesian equation of .
- (iv)
Find a vector equation of the line where meets .
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Worked solution
12(i)
1. Identify the direction vector of the line and the normal vector of the plane.
Let the direction vector of be .
Let the normal vector of be .
2. Calculate the scalar product and the magnitudes of the direction and normal vectors.
3. Use the sine formula to compute the acute angle between the line and the plane.
Let be the acute angle between and .
Rounding to the nearest degree, the angle is .
12(ii)
1. Write down the parametric or vector equation of line $l$.
The line passes through and is parallel to . Its vector equation is:
Thus, any point on the line has coordinates .
2. Substitute the general point on $l$ into the plane's cartesian equation to solve for the parameter $\lambda$.
Substitute , , and into the equation of , :
3. Calculate the coordinates of the intersection point $Q$.
Substitute back into the line equation:
The coordinates of are .
12(iii)
1. Identify two vectors parallel to the plane $\pi_2$.
Since contains line , it is parallel to the direction vector of , .
Since is perpendicular to , it must be parallel to the normal vector of , which is .
2. Calculate the normal vector of $\pi_2$ using the cross product.
The normal vector to is perpendicular to both and :
To simplify the Cartesian equation, we can take the normal vector as the parallel vector .
3. Use point $P$ to formulate the Cartesian equation of $\pi_2$.
Point lies on and thus on . Using the scalar product form :
Therefore, the Cartesian equation of is .
12(iv)
1. Determine the point of intersection $Q$ of line $l$ and plane $\pi_1$ (requires result from part ii).
Substitute into :
Substitute to find the position vector of :
2. Determine the normal vector of plane $\pi_2$ (requires result from part iii).
Since contains and is perpendicular to , its normal is perpendicular to both the direction of and the normal of .
We can take the normal vector to be .
3. Find the direction vector of the line of intersection between $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$.
The line of intersection lies on both planes, so its direction vector is perpendicular to both and :
Factoring out , we get a simpler parallel direction vector:
We use as the direction vector for the line.
4. Formulate the vector equation of the intersection line.
The line of intersection must pass through , which is the intersection of (which lies in ) and . Thus, is a point on the line.
Using the point and direction vector:
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