Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 9 - Review - Exercises - Page 674: 48

Answer

$x=1+2t, y=-4t, z=2t$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Establish a vector along the line $\vec v=\vec {PQ}=\langle 3-1,-4-0,2-0 \rangle=\langle 2,-4,2 \rangle$ Step 2. The general parametric equations for a line passing point $P(x_0,y_0,z_0)$ and parallel to a vector $\langle a,b,c \rangle$ are $x=x_0+at, y=y_0+bt, z=z_0+ct$ Step 3. We can obtain the equations for this problem as: $x=1+2t, y=-4t, z=2t$
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