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Q.Find the angle between the two planes 3x−6y+2z=103x-6y+2z=10 and 2x+2y−2z=152x+2y-2z=15.

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Concept understanding — Angle between Two Planes

Two planes are inclined to each other exactly as much as their normal vectors are inclined to each other, so the angle between two planes is defined through the angle between their normals rather than through anything measured inside the planes themselves. Planes r⃗⋅n⃗1=d1\vec r\cdot\vec n_1=d_1 and r⃗⋅n⃗2=d2\vec r\cdot\vec n_2=d_2 are perpendicular precisely when n⃗1⋅n⃗2=0\vec n_1\cdot\vec n_2=0; in Cartesian form, for a1x+b1y+c1z+d1=0a_1x+b_1y+c_1z+d_1=0 and a2x+b2y+c2z+d2=0a_2x+b_2y+c_2z+d_2=0, this becomes a1a2+b1b2+c1c2=0a_1a_2+b_1b_2+c_1c_2=0. When the planes are not perpendicular, the angle between them is, by convention, the acute angle between the normals, since two intersecting planes actually meet at a pair of supplementary angles and only the acute one is reported: $\cos\theta …

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