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1.56(b), §2 Solution

Plane 2x-3y+7z=4 and the point (1,-5,7).

In general, the equation for the line through P is

where is any nonzero vector in the direction of the line.

The line is given to be normal to the plane, so the direction of the line is the direction of a normal vector to the plane, which can be picked out of the equation:


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