Chapter 10: Q 41. (page 846)

Show that the planes given by $2 x - 3 y + 5 z = 7$ and $- 6 x + 9 y - 15 z = 8$ are parallel, and find the distance between the planes.

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The distance between parallel to the plane is $\frac{29 \sqrt{38}}{152}$

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The planes $2 x - 3 y + 5 z = 7$ and $- 6 x + 9 y - 15 z = 8$

Calculation

The goal is to calculate the distance between a specified point and the plane. The distance between a point and the plane is calculated as follows:

$distance = \frac{|N \cdot \vec{R_{1} R_{2}}|}{‖ N ‖}$

The normal vector of the plane $2 x - 3 y + 5 z = 7$ is:

$N_{1} = ⟨ 2, - 3, 5 ⟩$

The normal vector of the plane $- 6 x + 9 y - 15 z = 8$ is:

$N_{2} = ⟨ - 6, 9, - 15 ⟩$

The normal vectors $N_{1} = ⟨ 2, - 3, 5 ⟩$ and $N_{2} = ⟨ - 6, 9, - 15 ⟩$ are scalar multiple of each other. Therefore, the planes are parallel.

Calculation

The point $R_{1} = (0, 0, \frac{7}{5})$ is lies on the plane $2 x - 3 y + 5 z = 7$ and the point $R_{2} = (0, 0, - \frac{8}{15})$ lies on the plane $- 6 x + 9 y - 15 z = 8$

The vector $\vec{R_{1} R_{2}}$ is given by:

$\vec{R_{1} R_{2}} = <0 - 0, 0 - 0, - \frac{8}{15} - \frac{7}{5}> = <0, 0, - \frac{29}{15}>$

The distance from $P$ to the plane is:

distance = \frac{|N \cdot \vec{R_{1} R_{2}}|}{‖ N ‖} = \frac{|⟨ 2, - 3, 5 ⟩ \cdot <0, 0, - \frac{29}{15}>|}{‖ ⟨ 2, - 3, 5 ⟩ ‖} (Substitution) = \frac{|\frac{29 ∣}{3}|}{\sqrt{38}} = \frac{29}{3 \sqrt{38}} (Simplify) = \frac{29 \sqrt{38}}{152}

Therefore, the distance between parallel to the plane is $\frac{29 \sqrt{38}}{152}$

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