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Lines and planes in space

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1. Plane through three points

Write the Cartesian equation of the plane passing through the points , , .

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2. Plane through a point parallel to two lines

Write the equation of the plane passing through and parallel to the lines

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3. Line through two points

Write the parametric and Cartesian equations of the line passing through and .

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4. From Cartesian to parametric equations

Write the parametric equations of the line

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5. Line and plane with a parameter

As varies, determine the relative position of the line , , and the plane ; for find the common point.

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6. Relative position of two lines

Determine the relative position of the lines

and, if they are intersecting, find their common point.

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7. Angle between two planes

Compute the angle between the planes and .

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8. Angle between a line and a plane

Compute the angle between the line

and the plane .

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9. Distance from a point to a plane

Compute the distance from the point to the plane .

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10. Distance from a point to a line

Compute the distance from the point to the line , , and find the orthogonal projection of onto .

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11. Projection and symmetric point with respect to a plane

Find the orthogonal projection of the point onto the plane and the symmetric of with respect to .

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12. Plane of a pencil parallel to a line

Find the plane that contains the line

and is parallel to the line , , .

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13. Line of minimum distance between two skew lines

Given the skew lines , , and , , , find the distance between the lines and the equations of the line of minimum distance.

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