Equation of Plane w/ Origin 3 Units Away: Solved

  • Thread starter Thread starter nhartung
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Plane
nhartung
Messages
56
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement



Find the equation of a plane with distance 3 units from the origin and perpendicular to the line through P(1,2,3) and Q(-2,4,1).


Homework Equations



\vec{n} = \frac{\vec{PQ}}\left|{\vec{PQ}}\left|

Plane Equation: a(x-x0) + b(y-y0) + c(z-z0)


The Attempt at a Solution



Ok so I think I can solve this all the way up until the end.

We have \vec{PQ} = <-3, -2, 2>

so \vec{n} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{17}}<-3,-2,2>

Now if I scale that vector by 3 or -3 I can get a point on the plane that I am looking for, I need to put this into the form of a plane so I use the equation above and end up getting:
\frac{-3}{\sqrt{17}}x + \frac{2}{\sqrt{17}}y - \frac{2}{\sqrt{}17}z = \frac{-27}{17} + \frac{18}{17} + \frac{18}{17}

This can be simplified further but this is where mine and my professors work differs. He gets the following on the right side of the equation = \frac{27}{17} + \frac{12}{17} + \frac{12}{17}

Any ideas?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
nevermind I figured it out.
 
Prove $$\int\limits_0^{\sqrt2/4}\frac{1}{\sqrt{x-x^2}}\arcsin\sqrt{\frac{(x-1)\left(x-1+x\sqrt{9-16x}\right)}{1-2x}} \, \mathrm dx = \frac{\pi^2}{8}.$$ Let $$I = \int\limits_0^{\sqrt 2 / 4}\frac{1}{\sqrt{x-x^2}}\arcsin\sqrt{\frac{(x-1)\left(x-1+x\sqrt{9-16x}\right)}{1-2x}} \, \mathrm dx. \tag{1}$$ The representation integral of ##\arcsin## is $$\arcsin u = \int\limits_{0}^{1} \frac{\mathrm dt}{\sqrt{1-t^2}}, \qquad 0 \leqslant u \leqslant 1.$$ Plugging identity above into ##(1)## with ##u...
Back
Top