Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 12 - Section 12.5 - Equations of Lines and Planes - 12.5 Exercises - Page 833: 80

Answer

$6$

Work Step by Step

Line 1 goes from $(1,2,6)$ and $(2,4,8)$ Direction vector of first line is $v_1=\lt 1,2,2\gt $ and Direction vector of second line is $v_2=\lt 0,4,2 \gt $ Two skew lines are lying on two parallel planes. $n=v_1 \times v_2=\lt -4,-2,4\gt $ Use the point $(3,4,0)$ from line 2 and $n$ to form the plane equation. From the plane equation, we have $-4x-2y+4z+20=0$ Use points $(1,2,6)$ for line 1. Distance formula between a point and a plane is given as: $D=\frac{|ax_1+by_1+cz_1+d|}{\sqrt {a^2+b^2+c^2}}$ $D=\frac{|-4(1)-2(2)+4(6)+20|}{\sqrt {(-4)^2+(-2)^2+4^2}}$ $=\frac{36}{6}$ $=6$
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