You are given the following two planes:

x+4y-3z-12=0
x+6y-2z-22=0

a) Determine if the planes are parallel
b) Fine the line of intersection of the two

1 answer

a. If the planes are parallel, one equation would be a linear combination of the other, which is not the case.

b. as in the previous problem,
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reduce the equations to the reduced echelon form, namely
1 0 -5 = -8
0 2 1 = 10
Set z=t (free variable) and solve for x, y and z to get
x=5t-8
y=-(1/2)t+5
z=t