Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematical-methods-i-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2022/8/c/solution

Parametrize the first line by and the second by . Equality of the components gives and , hence , . The components then require . Thus
The two independent component equations fixed the parameters before the remaining component determined , so no extra intersection case was discarded.

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