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Exercise 1.4

This document contains exercises involving lines and planes in 3D space. It includes problems finding parametric and symmetric equations of lines, determining if lines intersect or are parallel, finding points of intersection, and finding equations of planes passing through given points or with given normals. The answers provided parametric and Cartesian equations for various lines and planes based on the information given in each problem statement.

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Exercise 1.4

This document contains exercises involving lines and planes in 3D space. It includes problems finding parametric and symmetric equations of lines, determining if lines intersect or are parallel, finding points of intersection, and finding equations of planes passing through given points or with given normals. The answers provided parametric and Cartesian equations for various lines and planes based on the information given in each problem statement.

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EXERCISES 1.

1. Find parametric equations for the lines through the points


(a) (2,3) , (4,1)
(b) (2,3,4), (2,4,1)

2. Find two points on the line and two vectors parallel to the line.
(a) xi  yj  (i  3j)  t (5i  2 j)

(b) x, y, z  1,2,3  t  2,3,4

(c) xi  yj  zk  (i  j  5k )  t (i  2 j  7k )

3. Find the symmetric equations for the line that passes through the points P5,2,1 and
Q2,4,2 .

4. Find parametric equations of the line through (3,4) that is parallel to  2i  4 j .

5. Find parametric equations of the line through (1,2,3) that is parallel to the line
x  2  3t , y  1  t , z  2t .
6. Find the point of intersection for the lines L1 and L2
L1 : x  1  4t , y  3  t, z 1  0
L2 : x  13  12s, y  1  6 s, z  2  3s

7. Find an equation of the plane that passes through the points 3,2,1 , 2,1,1 and
 1,3,2 . Sketch the plane.
8. Determine whether the planes are parallel or not.
P1 : y  4 x  2 z  3
1 1
P2 : x  y  z
4 2

9. Determine whether the line and plane intersect; if so, find the intersection point.
(a) Line : x  3t , y  5t , z  t Plane : 2 x  y  z  1  0
(b) Line : x  1  t , y  1  3t , z  2  4t Plane : x  y  4 z  7

10. Find parametric equation for the following lines L1 , L2 and L3


y y y
2 x

4
-3
2
x x
5 -3
(a) (b) (c)

11. Find parametric equations of the line that is tangent to the circle x 2  y 2  25
(a) at the point  4, 3 (b) at the point  3, 4 

12. Find parametric equations of the line that is tangent to the parabola y 2  x
(a) at the point  9, 3 (b) at the point  9,  3

13. Where does the line x  2  t , y  1  3t intersect at


(a) the x-axis (b) the y-axis (c) the parabola y  3  x 2

Determine whether the lines L1 and L2 are parallel, intersect, or skew. If intersect, find the
point of intersection.
14. L1 : x  2t y  2  3t z  3t
L2 : x  2s y  3  4s z  4  2s

15. L1 : x  1  7t y  3t z  5  3t

L2 : x  4s y6 z  7  3s

16. L1 : x  1  4t z  3t z 1

L2 : x  13  12s y  1  6s z  2  3s

17. L1 : x  3  2t y  4t z  6t


L2 : x  5  4s y  2  2s z  7  2s

18. Find the equation of the plane that passes through the point P and has the vector n
as a normal.

(a) P(1, 2, 3); n  3, 2, 1

(b) P(2, 1, 3); n  1, 2, 3

19. Find an equation of the plane that passes through the given points.

(a) (1, 2, 5), (2, 1, 3), and (3, 2, 1)


(b) (2, 2, 5), (2, 1,3), and (3, 0, 0)
20. Determine whether the line and the plane are parallel or intersect. If intersect, find
the point of intersection.

(a) x  1  t , y  3  5t , z  3  2t
x  5 y  2z  3
(b) x  2  t , y  2  4t , z  4  2t
2 x  y  z  2
(c) x  1  2t , y  2  t , z  3  t
3x  y  2 z  1
(d) x  2  2t , y  3  4t , z  4  2t
x yz 5

21. Find the equation of the plane that satisfies the stated conditions.

(a) The plane through the point 1, 2, 3  that is parallel to the plane 2 x  3 y  z  7
(b) The plane that contains the line x  2  t , y  2  4t , z  4  2t and is
perpendicular to the plane x  y  z  9.
(c) The plane through the point (2, 3,1) that is perpendicular to the line x  1  2t ,
y  2  t, z  3  t

22. Find the distance between the point and the plane.

(a)  1, 1, 2  3x  2 y  z  6
(b)  1, 2, 3 4 x  3 y  6 z  12

23. Find the distance between these two planes.

(a) 3x  2 y  z  6  3x  2 y  z  12
(b) x  y  z  1 2x  2 y  2z  3
Answers

1. (a) x  2  6t, y  3  4t

(b) x  2  4t , y  3  7t , z  4  5t

2. (a) 1, 3 ,  6, 5  ; 5, 2 , 10, 4

(b) 1, 2, 3 ,  1,5, 7  ; 2, 3, 4 , 4, 6, 8

(c) 1,  1, 5 ,  2, 1, 2  ; 1, 2, 7 , 2, 4, 14

5 x y  2
3.   z 1
3 6
4. x  3  2t , y  4  4t
5. x  1  3t , y  2  t , z  3  2t

6.  17, 1,1
7. x  9 y  5z 16  0

8. Parallel

9. (a) Do not intersect

 11 23 8 
(b)  , , 
 14 14 7 

10. (a) x  5t, y  4  4t (b) x  3  3t , y  2t

(c) x  2t , y  3  3t

11. (a) x  4  3t , y  3  4t (b) x  3  4t , y  4  3t

12. (a) x  9  6t , y  3  t (b) x  9  6t, y  3  t

7  (0,7) (2,1) and (5,22)


13. (a)  ,0  (b) (c)
3 
14. Intersect at (1,1,2)
15. Skew
16. Intersect at (17,1,1)
17. Parallel
18. (a) 3x  2 y  z  10 (b)  x  2 y  3z  9
19. (a) 3x  5 y  3z  2 (b) x  40 y  15z  3
 41 7 56 
20. (a) Intersects at  , ,  (b) Parallel
 30 6 15 
5 9
(c) Intersects at (1,2,3) (d) Intersects at  , 2, 
2 2
21. (a) 2 x  3 y  z  7 (b) 2 x  y  3z  18  0
(c) 2x  y  z  6
9 4
22. (a) (b)
14 61
18 1
23. (a) (b)
14 12

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