Plotting and visualizing a 3D plot of a vector function

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Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to plot a certain vector valued function but I'm having a hard time.

The problem gives me the following vector valued function:

r(u,v) = <u + v, 3 - v, 1 + 4u + 5v>​

I don't know how to plot this. So far I've tried making a table with some u and v values to get the x, y and z values so I can plot it, but it got too confusing.

Thanks in advance
 
Where did you try it? I think you can do it by starting to giving the same value to u and v. You can try to create a loop for u and v then for each value there will be different (r,u).
 
erbilsilik said:
Where did you try it? I think you can do it by starting to giving the same value to u and v. You can try to create a loop for u and v then for each value there will be different (r,u).
Trying on paper.

Table with columns U, V, X, Y, Z and three rows: U=0,V=0,X=0,Y=3,Z=1; U=1,V=1,X=2,Y=2,Z=10; U=2,V=2,X=4,Y=1,Z=19.


Got this table. The values of Z get too high after increasing u and v by a bit. I know the surface will be a plane, but I can't visualize it in a 3D space.
 
You know it will be a plane. Any plane is determined by three points. So just take three points, plot them and the plane through it is the one you're looking for.
 
micromass said:
You know it will be a plane. Any plane is determined by three points. So just take three points, plot them and the plane through it is the one you're looking for.
So, like this:
Handwritten pencil sketch of a three-dimensional coordinate system with x, y and z axes, a hatched grid plane, and a looped curve drawn in ink above it; a partial equation y = 300 u is written at the top of the page.


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