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Exercise 6.7 · Q5

Q.Find the parametric form of vector equation, and Cartesian equations of the plane containing the line r⃗=(i^−j^+3k^)+t(2i^−j^+4k^)\vec r=(\hat i-\hat j+3\hat k)+t(2\hat i-\hat j+4\hat k) and perpendicular to plane r⃗⋅(i^+2j^+k^)=8\vec r\cdot(\hat i+2\hat j+\hat k)=8.

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A plane perpendicular to another plane contains that other plane's normal direction as one of its own in-plane directions; combined with the given line's direction, cross the two for the required plane's own normal.

Step 1. Data. Line point a⃗=(1,−1,3)\vec a=(1,-1,3), direction b⃗=(2,−1,4)\vec b=(2,-1,4); other plane's normal n⃗2=(1,2,1)\vec n_2=(1,2,1).

Step 2. Required plane's own normal =b⃗×n⃗2=\vec b\times\vec n_2.

∣i^j^k^2−14121∣=i^(−1−8)−j^(2−4)+k^(4+1)=−9i^+2j^+5k^.\begin{vmatrix}\hat i&\hat j&\hat k\\2&-1&4\\1&2&1\end{vmatrix}=\hat i(-1-8)-\hat j(2-4)+\hat k(4+1)=-9\hat i+2\hat j+5\hat k.

Step 3. Parametric vector equation (through the line's point, spanned by b⃗\vec b and n⃗2\vec n_2):

r⃗=(i^−j^+3k^)+s(2i^−j^+4k^)+t(i^+2j^+k^).\vec r=(\hat i-\hat j+3\hat k)+s(2\hat i-\hat j+4\hat k)+t(\hat i+2\hat j+\hat k). …

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