Scalar triple product of coplanar vectors

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You are given three points in $\mathbb{R}^3$ ,

$\begin{align} \boldsymbol{a} &= \var{vector(x1,x2,x3)}, & \boldsymbol{b} &= \var{vector(y1,y2,y3)}, & \boldsymbol{c} &= \begin{pmatrix} \var{z1} \\ \var{z2} \\ \lambda \end{pmatrix} \end{align}$

where $\lambda$ is a parameter to be determined.

Find the value of $\lambda$ such that $\boldsymbol{a}$ , $\boldsymbol{b}$ and $\boldsymbol{c}$ all lie on the same plane through the origin.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

w1	integer	-39
w2	integer	-24
w3	integer	4

			Name	Type	Generated Value

s1	integer	1
s2	integer	-1
s3	integer	-1
s4	integer	1
s5	integer	1
s6	integer	1

			Name	Type	Generated Value

x1	integer	4
x2	integer	-7
x3	integer	-3

			Name	Type	Generated Value

y1	integer	-4
y2	integer	8
y3	integer	9

			Name	Type	Generated Value

			z1	integer	3
			z2	integer	7

			Name	Type	Generated Value

			ty3	integer	9
			lambda	rational	285/4

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Note that $\boldsymbol{a}\times \boldsymbol{b}$ is a vector which is perpendicular to both $\boldsymbol{a}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$ and hence to the plane through the origin containing $\boldsymbol{a}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$ .

So if $\boldsymbol{c}$ is perpendicular to $\boldsymbol{a} \times \boldsymbol{b}$ , i.e. $(\boldsymbol{a}\times \boldsymbol{b})\boldsymbol{\cdot} \boldsymbol{c} = 0$ , it must lie on the same plane.

Now

$\begin{align} \boldsymbol{a} \times \boldsymbol{b} &= \var{vector(x1,x2,x3)} \times \var{vector(y1,y2,y3)} \\[1em] &= \simplify[]{vector({x2}*{y3}-{x3}*{y2}, {x3}*{y1}-{x1}*{y3}, {x1}*{y2}-{x2}*{y1})} \\[1em] &= \var{vector(w1,w2,w3)} \end{align}$

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$\begin{align} (\boldsymbol{a}\times \boldsymbol{b})\boldsymbol{\cdot} \boldsymbol{c} &= \var{vector(w1,w2,w3)} \boldsymbol{\cdot} \begin{pmatrix} \var{z1} \\ \var{z2} \\ \lambda \end{pmatrix} \\[1em] &= \simplify[]{{w1}*{z1}+{w2}*{z2}+{w3}*lambda} \\[1em] &= \simplify{{w1*z1+w2*z2}+{w3}*lambda} \end{align}$

We now require a value of $\lambda$ so that $(\boldsymbol{a}\times \boldsymbol{b})\boldsymbol{\cdot} \boldsymbol{c}=0$ .

$\begin{align} &&(\boldsymbol{a}\times \boldsymbol{b})\boldsymbol{\cdot} \boldsymbol{c} &= 0 \\ \implies &&\simplify{{w1*z1+w2*z2}+{w3}*lambda} &= 0 \\ \implies &&\lambda &= \simplify[std]{{-w1*z1-w2*z2}/{w3}} \end{align}$

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