Vectors: planes, normals and distances
Practice section 2 of 7
Questions 7–12 in this collection
Practice questions
Worked example · 1 of 6
Find the acute angle between a line and a plane
Find the acute angle between
and the plane , to the nearest .
CJC · Lecture · Example 34
Solution
Worked example · 2 of 6
Check a point by substituting into a plane
A plane has equation . Show that lies on .
CJC · Lecture · Example 35
Solution
Worked example · 3 of 6
Find a perpendicular foot using the plane normal
Find the foot of the perpendicular N from to the plane .
CJC · Lecture · Example 36
Solution
Worked example · 4 of 6
Separate a line–plane distance from a point–plane distance
Find a vector equation of the line through perpendicular to the plane .
(i) Find the intersection of the line and plane.
(ii) State the shortest distance from the line to the plane.
(iii) Find the shortest distance from A to the plane.
CJC · Lecture · Example 37
Solution
Worked example · 5 of 6
Explain parallel planes and project their separation
Two planes have equations
Explain why they are parallel and find the distance between them.
CJC · Lecture · Example 38
Solution
Worked example · 6 of 6
Read a common line from simultaneous plane equations
Find the equation of the line of intersection of and .
CJC · Lecture · Example 39