3D Geometry

Geometry Level 3

The lines 2x=3y=-z and 6x=-y=-4z

are perpendicular intersect at an angle 45 degree are parallel intersect at an angle 60 degree

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2 solutions

Otto Bretscher
Sep 29, 2015

Letting z = 6 z=6 for the first line and y = 12 y=12 for the second, we find the direction vectors ( 3 , 2 , 6 ) (-3,-2,6) and ( 2 , 12 , 3 ) (-2,12,3) , resp. The lines are perpendicular as the dot product of these two vectors is 0; the two lines intersect at the origin.

Rajen Kapur
Sep 29, 2015

Direction vectors of the two lines (3, 2, -6) and (2, -12, -3), has their dot product 3 x 2 + 2 x -12 + -6 x -3 = 6 - 24 +18 =0 indicating perpendicularity.

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