Solution

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The original PDF has here; the transcription loses its minus sign. Now and , so the scalar condition becomes and leaves arbitrary. Consequently
The solution set is a straight line parallel to , equivalently the intersection of and .
For the geometric mechanism, let . Since , , , and . Thus is an oblique projection onto the plane along . The specified lies in this image plane, and adding any multiple of the kernel direction leaves its image unchanged.

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