Problems from Implicit equations of a straight line in the space

Consider the points A=(2,1,2) and B=(1,2,3), and find the implicit equations of the straight line that goes through A anb B.

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Development:

We will start computing a director vector of the straight line: AB=BA=(1,2,3)(2,1,2)=(1,3,5)

Therefore, with the director vector and point A, we obtain the continuous equation: x21=y13=z+25

Finally, if we separate the continuous equations and simplify a little bit we have: x21=y133x+6=y+13x+y+5=0 x21=z+255x10=z25x+z8=0 Therefore the implicit equations are: 3x+y+5=0 5x+z8=0

Solution:

3x+y+5=0; 5x+z8=0

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