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Find an equation of the straight line through(1,-3,5)

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and parallel to both planes x-2y+z=2 and 2x+y-3z=5?

asked Mar 7, 2015 in CALCULUS by anonymous

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Step 1:

The line passes through the point image.

The plane equations are

image.

image.

The cross product of two normal vectors is the direction vector for the line of intersection.

The normal vectors of two planes are

image.

image.

The cross product of two vectors is

image

image

The directional vector of two planes is image.

Step 2:

The line equation passes through point  image and direction vector image is

image.

The line equation passes through point and directional vector image is

image.

The line equation is image.

Solution:

The line equation is image.

answered Mar 7, 2015 by Sammi Mentor

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