Step 1
Consider the two given planes.
a) The objective of this part is to find the parametric equations for the line of intersection of the planes.
To find the point of intersection, set z= 0 in the two given equations and solve for x and y. Step 2
1)
2)
Multiply equation (1) by 1 and add with equation (2) multiplied by 4.
Substitute in equation (2) to find y.
So, one point of intersection is
and
Step 3
Find the cross product of the normal to the planes and it is a vector which is parallel to the line of intersection.
The given planes can be written as and
So, the cross product is calculated as,
Use the point of intersection and the vector obtained to find the parametric equations.
So, the parametric equations are obtained as:
Step 4
b) The objective is to find the angle between the two given planes.
Let be the angle between the planes.
The formula for angle between planes
and is defined as
a) To find the parametric equations for the line of intersection of the planes, we can set up a system of equations using the given planes:
To eliminate one variable, we can multiply the first equation by 4 and the second equation by 5, and then add them together:
Subtracting the first equation from the second equation, we obtain:
Now, we can express the variables in terms of a parameter t. Let's let y = t. Then, z can be expressed as:
Substituting this value of z back into the first equation, we can solve for x:
Therefore, the parametric equations for the line of intersection of the planes are:
b) To find the angle between the planes, we can use the formula:
where and are the normal vectors to the planes. The normal vector for a plane of the form is given by .
For the first plane, , the normal vector is .
For the second plane, , the normal vector is .
Calculating the dot product and the magnitudes, we have:
Plugging these values into the formula, we get:
Therefore, the angle between the planes is approximately , rounded to one decimal place.
Answer:
(a)
(b)
Explanation:
a) To find the parametric equations for the line of intersection of the planes, we can set up a system of equations using the given plane equations:
To eliminate one variable, we can solve this system of equations using the method of substitution. First, let's solve equation for :
Substituting equation into equation , we have:
Now, we can express and in terms of a parameter :
Let
Substituting into equation , we have:
Substituting into equation , we have:
Therefore, the parametric equations for the line of intersection of the planes are:
b) To find the angle between the planes, we can use the dot product of their normal vectors. The normal vectors of the planes can be obtained from the coefficients of , , and in the plane equations. The direction ratios of the normal vector for the first plane are , and for the second plane are .
Let be the normal vector for the first plane, and be the normal vector for the second plane.
The angle between the planes is given by:
Calculating the dot product and the magnitudes:
Substituting these values into the formula for :
Therefore, the angle between the planes is: