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Past exam of the mathematical methods I course of the University of Oxford 2016 4 Solution by
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Noncoplanarity makes the scalar triple product nonzero, so the three displayed vectors form a reciprocal basis. Their scalar products obeywith all six cross-pairings zero. Therefore, assuming the nonzero needed to define the three given points,Every difference of two of these points is orthogonal to . The two independent differences span their plane, so is a normal to the plane, whose equation is . Also , because its scalar product with each specified point is .
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