MA1104 Tutorial 2 (Week 4)

1. Find a set of parametric equations of the line which passes through the
point (2, 3, 4) and is perpendicular to the plane given by 3x + 2y z = 6.
2. Determine whether the lines are intersecting or skew. If they intersect,
find the point of intersection.
(a) L1 : x = 4t + 2, y = 3, z = t + 1
L2 : x = 2s + 2, y = 2s + 3, z = s + 1
= y+2
= z+1
, L2 : x+2
= y4
= z 3.
(b) L1 : x1
3
2
4
2
4
3. Find an equation of the plane that passes through the points (2, 2, 1) and
(1, 1, 1) and is perpendicular to the plane 2x 3y + z = 3.
4. Find the point on the plane x + y + z = 1 which is closest to the point
Q(2, 1, 2).
5. Find a set of parametric equations for the line of intersection of the planes:
2x 3y + 4z = 3, x + 4y 2z = 7.
6. Find an equation of the plane that is orthogonal to the plane 3x+2y4z =
7 and contains the line of intersection of the planes 2x 3y + z = 3 and
x + 2y 3z = 5.
7. Show that the curve of intersection of the surfaces 2x2 + y 2 3z 2 + 2y = 6
and 4x2 + 2y 2 6z 2 4x = 4 lies in a plane.
8. Find the distance from the point (1, 2, 4) to the plane 3x + 2y + 6z = 5.
9. Find the distance between the given parallel planes.
2x 3y + z = 4
4x 6y + 2z = 3.

10. Find the point P (x, y, z) on the line

x = 3+t
y = 2+t
z = 1+t
that is closest to the point Q(1, 2, 1), and verify that the displacement vector
from P to Q is perpendicular to the line.

Answer Keys.
1. x = 2 + 3t, y = 3 + 2t, z = 4 t (answer is not unique)
2(a) intersecting
2(b) skew
3. 7x + y
11z = 5
4. 32 , 13 , 23
33
11
5. x = t, y = 17
54 t, z = 10
10
t (answer is not unique)
5
6. 6x + 7y z = 11
7. the curve of intersection lies on the plane y + x = 2
8. 18/7
9. 2514


10. 37 , 43 , 31
2