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Tools≻Load Package Student Multivariate Calculus
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Loading Student:-MultivariateCalculus
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Define the planes and
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Control-drag the equation of each plane.
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Context Panel: Student Multivariate Calculus≻Lines & Planes≻Plane
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Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻S[k] ()
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Obtain the line of intersection
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Write the sequence of names and
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Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Context Panel: Student Multivariate Calculus≻Lines & Planes≻Intersection
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Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻
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Obtain the parametric equations for line
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Type , the name of the line
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Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Context Panel: Student Multivariate Calculus≻Lines & Planes≻Representation≻parametric
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An alternative algebraic approach also yields the parametric equations of , albeit in a slightly different form. Simply solve the two equations defining planes and for any two of the unknowns . The third unknown will then be the parameter along the line. As in the solution below, solving for and causes the parametrization to be .
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Form a sequence of the two equations defining planes and
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Context Panel: Solve≻Solve for Variables≻
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The traditional vector-based solution obtains the direction for line as the cross product of the normals to the two given planes. One point on the line of intersection is found by setting, say, in the equations for and , and solving for the corresponding coordinates and .
Obtain the direction vector for the line as the cross product of normals
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Common Symbols package:
Cross product operator
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Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Obtain the coordinates of a point on the line of intersection
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Form a list of the equations for and .
Press the Enter key.
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Context Panel: Evaluate at a Point≻
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Context Panel: Solve≻Solve
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The vector form for line now follows as
as does the parametric form . This parametric form differs again from the two previous forms because the parameter along the line is yet again different.