Does the line lie in the plane?

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Homework Statement


Does the line through the point P(1, 2, 3) with direction vector d = (1, 2, -3) lie in the plane 2x+y-z=3?

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From the 2x+y-z i can get the vector (2, 1, -3) and the direction vector, their dot product does not equal zero. So, no it does lie on the plane. Just wondering if my intuition is correct.
 
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Yes because, as you might have added, ##\langle 2,1,3\rangle## is perpendicular to the plane. Or you might have noticed that P isn't in the plane in the first place.