Lines in Space
z x y P Q Equation of a Line
z x y r0r0 d P Q
z x y r0r0 d r P Q Q’ Equation of a Line
z x y r0r0 d r P Q Q’ P(x 0,y 0,z 0 ) Q(x 1,y 1,z 1 ) Q’(x,y,z) d=d 1 i+d 2 j+d 3 k r 0 =x 0 i+y 0 j+z 0 k =(x 1 -x 0 )i+(y 1 -y 0 )j+(z 1 -z 0 )k Equation of a Line
z x y r0r0 d r P Q Q’ P(x 0,y 0,z 0 ) Q(x 1,y 1,z 1 ) Q’(x,y,z) Vector Parameterization d=d 1 i+d 2 j+d 3 k r 0 =x 0 i+y 0 j+z 0 k =(x 1 -x 0 )i+(y 1 -y 0 )j+(z 1 -z 0 )k Equation of a Line
z x y r0r0 d r P Q Q’ P(x 0,y 0,z 0 ) Q(x 1,y 1,z 1 ) Q’(x,y,z) Vector Parameterization d=d 1 i+d 2 j+d 3 k r 0 =x 0 i+y 0 j+z 0 k =(x 1 -x 0 )i+(y 1 -y 0 )j+(z 1 -z 0 )k Equation of a Line
z x y r0r0 d r P Q Q’ P(x 0,y 0,z 0 ) Q(x 1,y 1,z 1 ) Q’(x,y,z) Vector Parameterization d=d 1 i+d 2 j+d 3 k r 0 =x 0 i+y 0 j+z 0 k =(x 1 -x 0 )i+(y 1 -y 0 )j+(z 1 -z 0 )k Equation of a Line
z x y r0r0 d r P Q Q’ P(x 0,y 0,z 0 ) Q(x 1,y 1,z 1 ) Q’(x,y,z) Scalar Parametric Equations Vector Parameterization d=d 1 i+d 2 j+d 3 k r 0 =x 0 i+y 0 j+z 0 k =(x 1 -x 0 )i+(y 1 -y 0 )j+(z 1 -z 0 )k Equation of a Line
Representations of a Line
Examples
Direction Cosines
Example
Examples Find the equation of of the line through the origin and perpendicular to the plane pictured. Find the equation of the plane perpendicular to x(t)=4-2t, y(t)= -1+t, z(t)=3 z x y 3 5 4