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9231 P13 - Jun 2015 - Q8 - 10 marks
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A line, passing through the point \(A(3,0,2)\), has vector equation \(\mathbf{r}=3 \mathbf{i}+2 \mathbf{k}+\lambda(2 \mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}-2 \mathbf{k})\). It meets the plane \(\Pi\), which has equation \(\mathbf{r} \cdot(\mathbf{i}+2 \mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k})=3\), at the point \(P\). Find the coordinates of \(P\).

Write down a vector \(\mathbf{n}\) which is perpendicular to \(\Pi\), and calculate the vector \(\mathbf{w}\), where
\(\mathbf{w}=\mathbf{n} \times(2 \mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}-2 \mathbf{k}) .\)

The point \(Q\) lies in \(\Pi\) and is the foot of the perpendicular from \(A\) to \(\Pi\). Use the vector \(\mathbf{w}\) to determine an equation of the line \(P Q\) in the form \(\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{u}+\mu \mathbf{v}\).

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