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Past exam of the mathematical methods I course of the University of Oxford 2018 7 c Solution by
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A plane through with nonzero normal vector consists of the position vectors satisfying . Thus , with . When is a unit vector, is the signed distance from the origin in the direction ; for an unnormalized normal vector, that distance is . The displacement within the plane is perpendicular to .
A unit normal vector and signed plane distance, followed by the intersection of two planes as a straight line
. Details. The cross product of the two normal vectors is , so their intersection of two planes has direction . Eliminating gives , and substitution then gives . Thus the Cartesian constraints and parametric equation of a straight line areThere is no valid division by a zero component in a symmetric ratio form; retaining explicitly handles that component.
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