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OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

Drawing such a blank! Find a vector, unit in length, that is parallel to the plane 3x-y+7z = 5 and perpendicular to the vector <1,-1,2>

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

Normal vector would be <3,-1,7>

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

So any vector perpendicular to this normal would be parallel to the plane

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yep so you want to find a vector that is perpendicular to both <3,-1,7> and <1,-1,2>

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

cross product! -_-

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

you will compute the cross product of those two vectors, yep you beat me to it lol

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

Thank you jim! lol I guess I just needed someone to say it differently...thats enough math for today! lol

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