Vector Algebra help or check workings?

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N=s=I-7j
(x-4)/1 = (y-4)/-7 = (z-2)/2 (1)
(2)using r=a+bt
I equated this to
(x,y,z)=(4,4,2)+(1,-7,2)t
= (t+4,-7t+4,2t+2)
for (1)
I multiplied everything out by -14 to get
-14(x-4)=2(y-4)=-7(z-2)
-14x+56=2y-8=-7z+14
-14x-2y-7z=-79
multiply by -1
14x+2y+7z=79
Is this right?
 
N=s=I-7j
(x-4)/1 = (y-4)/-7 = (z-2)/2 (1)
(2)using r=a+bt
I equated this to
(x,y,z)=(4,4,2)+(1,-7,2)t
= (t+4,-7t+4,2t+2)
for (1)
I multiplied everything out by -14 to get
-14(x-4)=2(y-4)=-7(z-2)
-14x+56=2y-8=-7z+14
-14x-2y-7z=-79
multiply by -1
14x+2y+7z=79
Is this right?
Sorry to say but I cannot read the above.
The line \(\dfrac{x-4}{1}=\dfrac{y-4}{-7}=\dfrac{z-2}{2}\)
That line has the normal of the plane as its direction vector and contains the point.
 
Sorry to say but I cannot read the above.
The line \(\dfrac{x-4}{1}=\dfrac{y-4}{-7}=\dfrac{z-2}{2}\)
That line has the normal of the plane as its direction vector and contains the point.
The line \(\dfrac{x-4}{1}=\dfrac{y-4}{-7}=\dfrac{z-2}{2}\)
I used this (above) multiplied everything out by 14 essentially to get 14x+2y+7z=79
 
You were asked to find the vector and Cartesian forms for a line.
You gave, as an answer, 14x +2y+ 7z= 79. In the first place you should recognize that this is NOT the equation of ANY line in three dimensions! A single equation is not the equation of a line- a single equation reduces the dimension by one. In the plane that is 2- 1= 1 so an equation can describe a line but in 3 dimensions, a singe equation reduces to 3- 1= 2, a plane. The problem you were given told you that x- 7y+ 2z= 4 is the equation of a plane. I am puzzled why you would think 14x+ 2y+ 7z= 79 would be the equation of a line!

If you were expected to be able to do a problem like this, I would think you were expected to know that any line perpendicular to the plane x- 7y+ 2z= 4, would have to have parametric for x= t+ a, y= -7t+ b, z= 2t+ c. Since with t= 0 that gives x= a, y= b, z= c. If we want the line to pass through the point (4, 4, 2) we clearly have to take a= 4, b= 4, c= 2 so x= t+ 4, y= -7t+ 4, z= 2t+ 2.

Of course, that can be written in vector form (t+ 4)i+ (-7t+ 4)j+ (2t+ 2)k (or as (ti- 7tj+ 2tk)+ (4i+ 4j+ 2k). Since x= t+ 4, t= x- 4, since y= -7+ 4, t= (y-4)/(-7), and since z= 2t+ 2. t= (z- 2)/2. Setting those forms of t equal we get one "Cartesian" form, the "symmetric" form, x- 4= (y- 4)/(-7)= (z- 2)/2.
 
The line \(\dfrac{x-4}{1}=\dfrac{y-4}{-7}=\dfrac{z-2}{2}\)
I used this (above) multiplied everything out by 14 essentially to get 14x+2y+7z=79
No, No, No! \(14x+2y+7z=79\) is a plane not a line. You must know the difference.
I wrote the above is symmetric form.
In vector form it is \( <4,4,2>+t<1,-7,2>\)
In parametric form it is
\begin{array}{l}x(t)=4+t\\y(t)=4-7t\\z(t)=2+2t\end{array}\)
 
The line \(\dfrac{x-4}{1}=\dfrac{y-4}{-7}=\dfrac{z-2}{2}\)
I used this (above) multiplied everything out by 14 essentially to get 14x+2y+7z=79
If you DID, in fact, multiply by 14 you would get
14(x- 4)= -2(y- 4)= 7(z- 2)
14x- 56= -2y+ 8= 7z- 14

But that would NOT give "14x- 2y+ 7z= 79". It would NOT change two equal signs into one!
 
Ohhh I see so I only needed to rearrange for x,y,z to get the vector form in terms of t
(t+ 4)i+ (-7t+ 4)j+ (2t+ 2)k
and Cartesian form is just
x- 4= (y- 4)/(-7)= (z- 2)/2
 
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