VECTORS FOOT PLANE Fring he Foot ofthe perpendicular roma pit a lane 4 Theline passes through the points A and B with coordinates (1, 2,4) and ( ‘The plane p bas equation 3x~ y+ 22 = 17. Find ) the coordinates of the point of intersection of land p, 15) (i) the acute angle between Land p, 8 2-3, 1) respectively. (tthe peependicalar distance fom A tp. 8VECTORS FOOT PLANE ANSWERS oof : prae-petsett-op [3] meinen : Direction vector of 1) (3 }{} [ Recall shat the equation ofa line passing through a and with direction veetor dis rea+dd] 1-34) (3 43a) (2 [The point of intersection satisfies both equations of the line / and of the plane p } =93-94-2-48-64=17 ay (a ca Beat st a3) \b, =29-164=17 2a Hence, the point of intersection is & 2 2) [ Substitute A=—1 into the equation off and express the answer in coordinate form }VECTORS FOOT PLANE co) ANSWERS Visit = 788° (old p) > [Recall thatthe acute angle between a line / with direction veetor d and the Perpendicular distance of 4 to ‘subtract away the distance of p’ from the origin, i.c. 2 3-2+8=9 a}l2 Equation of plane p’ parallel to p containing A i 17-9 1) (3 Consider | 2|-| -1 Sits Waree vie { Note thatthe distance of p from the origin is 17 where