How do you determine if the vectors are coplanar: a

Haialarmz6

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2022-01-22

How do you determine if the vectors are coplanar: a = [-2,-1,4], b = [5,-2,5], and c = [3,0,-1]?

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Gwendolyn Meyer

Gwendolyn Meyer

Beginner2022-01-23Added 11 answers

Evaluate the determinant of the matrix with these vectors as rows:
[214525301]
=2[2501]1[5513]+4[5230]
=2(2)1(20)+4(6)
=420+24
=0
Since the determinant is 0, these vectors only span at most a 2 dimensional space. That is, they are coplanar.

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