Engineering
Mathematics
Equation of Straight Line in 3D
Question

The lines x = ay – 1 = z and x = 3y – 2 = bz – 2, (ab  0) are coplanar if :

a = 1, b  R – {0

a = 2, b = 2

a = 2, b = 3

b = 1, a  R – {0}

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Solution

x01=y1a1a=z21                                           ….(1)

x01=y2313=z2b1b                                         ….(2)

For coplanar :

|a2a1b2b1c2c11m1n12m2n2|=0

|0231a2b211a11131b|=0

(231a){1b1}+(2b2){131a}=0

(1a23)(1b1)+(2b2)(131a)=0

⇒  (3 – 2a)(1 – b) + (2 – 2b)(a – 3) = 0

⇒ 3 – 3b – 2a + 2ab + 2a – 6 – 2ab + 6b = 0

⇒ 3b – 3 = 0

⇒ b = 1, a  R – {0}

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