The cartesian equations of a line are  Find a vector equation

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31. The projection of a line on the co-ordinate axes are 6, 2, 3. Find the length of the line and its direction cosines. Also, find the projection of the line segment joining (2, – 3, 1) to (4, 2, 3) on this line.
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32. A (– 1, 2, – 3), B (5, 0, – 6), C (0, 4, – 1) are three points. Show that the direction cosines of the bisectors of     are proportional to 25, 8, 5 and -11, AB space equals space square root of left parenthesis 5 plus 1 right parenthesis squared plus left parenthesis 0 minus 2 right parenthesis squared plus left parenthesis negative 6 plus 3 right parenthesis squared end root
space space space space space space equals space square root of 36 plus 4 plus 9 end root space equals space square root of 49 space equals space 7
AC space equals space square root of left parenthesis 0 plus 1 right parenthesis squared plus left parenthesis 4 minus 2 right parenthesis squared plus left parenthesis negative 1 plus 3 right parenthesis squared end root
space space space space space space space space equals space square root of 1 plus 4 plus 4 end root space equals space square root of 9 space equals space 3
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33. The cartesian equations of a line are fraction numerator straight x minus 5 over denominator 3 end fraction space equals space fraction numerator straight y plus 4 over denominator 7 end fraction space equals fraction numerator straight z minus 6 over denominator 2 end fraction. Find a vector equation for the line.


The cartesian equations of line are
      fraction numerator straight x minus 5 over denominator 3 end fraction space equals fraction numerator straight y plus 4 over denominator 7 end fraction space equals fraction numerator straight z minus 6 over denominator 2 end fraction
∴   line passes through (5, - 4, 6) and has direction-ratios 3, 7, 2
space space space therefore space space space space straight a with rightwards arrow on top space equals space 5 straight i with hat on top space minus space 4 straight j with hat on top space plus space 6 straight k with hat on top space space and space space straight m with rightwards arrow on top space equals space 3 straight i with hat on top plus 7 straight j with hat on top space plus space 2 straight k with hat on top
Let straight r with rightwards arrow on top be the position vector of any point on the given line
∴ the vector equation of line is
                  straight r with rightwards arrow on top space equals space straight a with rightwards arrow on top plus space straight lambda space straight m with rightwards arrow on top
or       straight r with rightwards arrow on top space equals space left parenthesis 5 space straight i with bar on top space minus space 4 stack space straight j with hat on top space plus space 6 straight k with hat on top right parenthesis space plus space straight lambda left parenthesis 3 space 1 with overparenthesis on top space plus space 7 space straight j with hat on top space plus space 2 space straight k with hat on top right parenthesis
where λ is a parameter.
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The Cartesian equation of a line is fraction numerator straight x plus 3 over denominator 2 end fraction space equals space fraction numerator straight y minus 5 over denominator 4 end fraction space equals fraction numerator straight z plus 6 over denominator 2 end fraction. Find the vector equation for the line. 

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Find the cartesian equation of the line which passes through the point (-2, 4, -5) and is parallel to the line given by fraction numerator straight x plus 3 over denominator 3 end fraction space equals space fraction numerator straight y minus 4 over denominator 5 end fraction space equals fraction numerator straight z plus 8 over denominator 6 end fraction

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Find the equations of a line which is parallel to the line fraction numerator straight x minus 2 over denominator 3 end fraction space equals fraction numerator straight y plus 1 over denominator 1 end fraction space equals space fraction numerator straight z minus 7 over denominator 9 end fraction and which passes through the point (3, 0, 5).

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For the cartesian and vector equation of a line which passes through the point (1, 2, 3) and is parallel to the line fraction numerator negative straight x minus 2 over denominator 1 end fraction space equals space fraction numerator straight y plus 3 over denominator 7 end fraction space equals space fraction numerator 2 straight z minus 6 over denominator 3 end fraction.

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Find the equation of line (vector and cartesian both) which is parallel to the vector 2 straight i with hat on top space minus straight j with hat on top plus 3 space straight k with hat on top and which passes through the point (5, -2, 4).

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39. Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point (2, –1, –1) which is parallel to the lines 6 x – 2 = 3 y + 1 = 2 z – 2.
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The equation of a line is given by fraction numerator 4 minus straight x over denominator 2 end fraction space equals space fraction numerator straight y plus 3 over denominator 3 end fraction space equals fraction numerator straight z plus 2 over denominator 6 end fraction. Write the direction cosines of a line parallel to the above line. 

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