Questions
Question 1
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Write the plane through \((1,2,3)\) with normal \((2,-1,1)\).
Question 2
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Simplify \(2(x-1)-(y-2)+(z-3)=0\).
Question 3
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Does \((1,2,3)\) lie on \(2x-y+z=3\)?
Question 4
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Does \((0,0,0)\) lie on \(2x-y+z=3\)?
Question 5
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Find a normal vector to \(3x+4y-5z=7\).
Question 6
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Find a plane through the origin with normal \((1,1,1)\).
Question 7
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Find the plane through \(A=(1,0,0)\), \(B=(0,1,0)\), and \(C=(0,0,1)\).
Question 8
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Find the intersection point of line \(\mathbf r=(0,0,0)+t(1,2,3)\) with plane \(x+y+z=6\).
Question 9
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Find the distance from \((1,1,1)\) to plane \(2x-y+2z=4\).
Question 10
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Are planes \(x+2y+3z=4\) and \(2x+4y+6z=9\) parallel?
Question 11
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Find the angle between planes with normals \((1,0,1)\) and \((0,1,1)\).
Question 12
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Find a parametric equation for plane \(x+y+z=1\).
Question 13
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Find the normal to the plane spanned by \((1,2,0)\) and \((0,1,3)\).
Question 14
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Find the plane through \((2,0,1)\) parallel to \(x-y+z=5\).
Question 15
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A line is given by \(\mathbf r=(1,-1,0)+t(1,2,1)\). Find where it meets the plane \(2x+3y+z=5\).
Question 16
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The line \(\mathbf r=(2,0,1)+t(1,-1,0)\) has direction parallel to the plane \(x+y+z=2\). Decide whether the whole line lies in the plane or is parallel but separate.
Question 17
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Find the line of intersection of planes \(x+y=1\) and \(z=2\), then verify that its direction is perpendicular to both plane normals.
Question 18
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Find the plane through \(A=(1,0,2)\), \(B=(3,1,0)\), and \(C=(0,2,1)\), then test whether \(P=(2,1,1)\) lies on it.
Question 19
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Find the foot of the perpendicular from \(P=(1,2,3)\) to the plane \(2x-2y+z=6\), and give the distance from \(P\) to the plane.
Question 20
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A slab is bounded by the parallel planes \(2x-y+2z=4\) and \(2x-y+2z=10\). Find its thickness and a point on the second plane reached by moving normally from \((2,0,0)\) on the first plane.