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Geometry Level 2

Find the equation of the plane passing through ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) (1,2,3) and ( 1 , 3 , 2 ) (1,-3,2) and parallel to the z z -axis.

x = 1 x=1 x + y = 3 x+y=3 y x = 1 y-x=1 None of the above

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Let the points are P(1,2,3) , Q(1,-3,2) \text{P(1,2,3) , Q(1,-3,2)}

Then the vector between the points a = ( 1 1 , 3 2 , 2 3 ) = ( 0 , 5 , 1 ) \vec{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 ) \vec{b}=(0,0,1) which also lies in the plane.

So a normal vector for the plane is :

i ^ j ^ k ^ 0 5 1 0 0 1 \begin{vmatrix} \widehat{i} & \widehat{j} & \widehat{k} \\ 0&-5&-1\\0&0&1\end{vmatrix}

We need to expand along the third row as all other are 0 , we get

= i ^ 5 1 0 1 = 5 i ^ = \begin{aligned} \widehat{i}\begin{vmatrix} -5&-1\\0&1\end{vmatrix}\end{aligned} = -5\widehat{i}

Equation of the plane is therefore : - 5 ( x 1 ) = 0 x = 1 -5(x-1)=0\implies x=1

Tumko maths aata hai? x=1 is the answer.

Diprotiv Sarkar - 3 years, 6 months ago

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See the last line, the answer is there

Aditya Narayan Sharma - 3 years, 6 months ago

Tujhe padhna aata hai toh aankhen kahaan jamaanat mein rakh ke aaya hai?

Krishan Sai - 3 months, 1 week ago
Vijay Srinivas
Oct 17, 2017

If P = (1,2,3), Q = (1,-3,2). Since this plane is parallel to Z axis, the third point is R=(1,0,0) If equation of the plane is ax+by+cz+d=0, we have 3 equations: a+2b+3c+d=0 a-3b+2c+d=0 a+d=0, which gives d=-a, b=0,c=0. Hence the equation is ax-a=0, OR x=1

why is R=(1,0,0) it is parallel to z so c = 0 but so there will be limited number of x and y combination that satisfies to be on the plane. If I am misunderstanding something here can I get a little more explanation to get better understanding of your solution. thank you

SACHIN GURUSWAMY - 1 year, 2 months ago
Islam Elhanbaly
May 9, 2017

let the eq : Ax + By + Cz +D =0 becuse of the plane paralel to z axis so C =0 using (1.2.3) A + 2 B + D =0 (1) using ( 1 , -3 , 2 ) A - 3B +D =0 (2) so B = 0 and a + d = 0 A = - D Ax - A =0 / A x-1 =0 x=1

Ridho Victor
Feb 22, 2020

No need to overcomplicate this one, one of the easier way to do this is to draw the 2 points on xyz plane, project it onto xy plane, make a line through those two projected points in xy plane and you can easily see it forms the line x = 1 (in xy plane), in form to make it parallel just extend it infinitely above or below xy plane so that it forms the plane x = 1. Or just do this on 2D cartesian coordinate plane by throwing away the z components and form a line, it creates the line x = 1 on xy plane, extend it to 3D it becomes the plane x = 1 .

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