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Angle between 2 Planes:


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Determine whether P1 and P2 are parallel, perpendicular, or neither. If neither, determine the angle between them.

P1: 4x - 3y + z = -7, and P2: -3x + 2y - 4z = 5.

We can use the normal vectors here:

n1 = 4i - 3j + k, and

n2 = -3i +2j - 4k.

Test for parallel: n1 and n2 must be proportional and they are not.

Test for perpendicular: See of the dot product is zero:

n1 · n2 = 4*(-3) + (-3)*2 + 1*(-4) = -22 (not 0)

Hence the planes are not perpendicular either.

Now we find the angle between the normal vectors:

Hence, q = 143° , or 37° .


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