TUTORIAL 3

Question 1

a) u  v  1,3, 4 c)
2
v  4u   403 , 343 ,  83
3
u  v  26
2 2
b) 2u  3v  12, 19,12 v  4u  705 /17.7012
3 3
2u  3v  649 d) v  u  16
v  u  16

Question 2
a) u  v b) u  v  w

u +v v u

-v
u -v+w
u

w
c) v  w d) w  u

w-u
-w w

v-w -u

Question 3
3 1
a , b
2 2

Question 4

Finding angles: cos  

a.b b) u  3i  7 j, v  3i  j  2k
a b   101.31
c) Angle
a) u  2i  2 j  k , v  3i  4k
  104.96
  48.19

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Question 5

a) u / / w since w  3u b) None is perpendicular to each other.

u  w  0 and v  w  0

Question 6

a) Line equation: AC  tv b) Parallel lines:

(Using point A) x  t , y  1  6t , z  2  7t
x  1  3t , y  2t , z  2  5t c) Line orthogonal to the plane
x  1  3t , y  4  t , z  2  2t
(Using point B) d) Line of intersection
x  4  3t , y  2  2t , z  3  5t 2
x   2t , y  2  15t , z  5t
5
Question 7
a) Equation of plane 5x  3 y  2 z  27
12 x  4 y  z  20 d) Equation plane that contains 2 lines
b) Plane orthogonal to the line 13x  7 y  9 z  61
x  2 y  8z  7 e) Two planes orthogonal.
c) Parallel planes 13x  7 y  9 z  41

Question 8
a) Intersection point between line and b) Intersection between lines
plane Therefore the point of intersection is
The intersection point is P(5,6,10).
 9 19 23 
P , , 
 13 13 13 

Question 9
a) Line through two points
(i) P(1,2,-1) b) Parallel lines
Therefore the parametric for the line by The parametric for is
using P(1,2,-1) is x  3  2t , y  2  t , z  1  3t .
x  1  2t , y  2  2t , z  1  2t . c) Line perpendicular to the plane
(ii) Q(-1,0,1) The parametric for is
Therefore the parametric for the line by x  2  3t , y  4  7t , z  5  5t .
using Q(-1,0,1) is
x  1  2t , y  2t , z  1  2t .

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Question 10
a) Parallel planes b) Line perpendicular to the plane
3x  y  z  1 x  3 y  4 z  34

Question 11
Intersection point between lines
20 x  12 y  z  7

Question 12
a) Distance from a point to the line c) Distance between planes
42 9
D D /1.4056
3 41
b) Distance from a point to the plane
8 d) Angles between planes
D
3   53.4

Question 14
The point of intersection is P(1,-2,-1).
The parametric for is x  1  5t , y  2  3t , z  1  4t

Question 15 Question 16
2 x  7 y  2 z  10  17 7 
The point of intersection is P  ,  , 0  .
 3 3 

The parametric equation is

17 7
x  5t , y    t , z  3t
3 3

Question 17
7 x  3 y  5 z  14

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