Find the equation of the plane passing through and and parallel to the -axis.
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Let the points are P(1,2,3) , Q(1,-3,2)
Then the vector between the points a = ( 1 − 1 , − 3 − 2 , 2 − 3 ) = ( 0 , − 5 , − 1 ) will lie in the plane.
Direction vector for the z-axis is b = ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) which also lies in the plane.
So a normal vector for the plane is :
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ i 0 0 j − 5 0 k − 1 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
We need to expand along the third row as all other are 0 , we get
= i ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ − 5 0 − 1 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = − 5 i
Equation of the plane is therefore : - − 5 ( x − 1 ) = 0 ⟹ x = 1