Line and point in plane

Algebra Level 3

Find the equation of the plane that contains the line x 2 3 = y 4 = z 2 5 \dfrac{x-2}{3}=\dfrac{-y}{4}=\dfrac{-z-2}{5} and passes through the point ( 5 , 2 , 7 ) (5,-2,7) . If the equation is of the form A x + B y + C z = D Ax+By+Cz=D , find A B C D \left \lfloor\dfrac{AB}{CD}\right \rfloor .


The answer is -4.

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x 2 3 = y 4 = 1 5 ( z 2 ) \frac{x-2}{3}=-\frac{y}{4}=\frac{1}{5} (-z-2) with y 0 y\to 0 gives x 2 , z 2 x\to 2,z\to -2

x 2 3 = y 4 = 1 5 ( z 2 ) \frac{x-2}{3}=-\frac{y}{4}=\frac{1}{5} (-z-2) with y 2 y\to 2 gives x 1 2 , z 1 2 x\to \frac12,z\to \frac12

p0 = { 5 , 2 , 7 } \text{p0}=\{5,-2,7\} , p1 = { 2 , 0 , 2 } \text{p1}=\{2,0,-2\} and p2 = { 1 2 , 2 , 1 2 } \text{p2}=\left\{\frac{1}{2},2,\frac{1}{2}\right\} are three points on the plane.

The unit normal to the plane is Normalize [ ( p1 p0 ) × ( p2 p0 ) ] { 23 979 , 21 979 , 3 979 } \text{Normalize}[(\text{p1}-\text{p0})\times (\text{p2}-\text{p0})] \Rightarrow \left\{\frac{23}{\sqrt{979}},\frac{21}{\sqrt{979}},-\frac{3}{\sqrt{979}}\right\} .

The minimum distance from the origin, { 23 979 , 21 979 , 3 979 } . p0 \left\{\frac{23}{\sqrt{979}},\frac{21}{\sqrt{979}},-\frac{3}{\sqrt{979}}\right\}.\text{p0} , is 52 979 \frac{52}{\sqrt{979}} . Actually, any point on the plane could have been used. p0 \text{p0} was chosen.

Therefore the plane's equation modulo any multiplicative factor is { 23 979 , 21 979 , 3 979 } . { x , y , z } 52 979 = 0 \left\{\frac{23}{\sqrt{979}},\frac{21}{\sqrt{979}},-\frac{3}{\sqrt{979}}\right\}.\{x,y,z\}-\frac{52}{\sqrt{979}}=0 .

Multiplying away the common denominator and writing the plane's equation in the specified form: 23 x + 21 y 3 z = 52 23 x+21 y-3 z=52

All three points checked as being on the plane. That work not shown.

23 21 3 52 4 \left\lfloor -\frac{23\ 21}{3\ 52}\right\rfloor \Rightarrow -4 .

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