# Thread: Equation of a plane parallel to two vectors.

1. ## Equation of a plane parallel to two vectors.

A plane goes trough a point and is parallel to two vectors what is the general equation?

The plane goes trough the point [2,3,1] and is parallel to the two vectors [1,2,3] and [2,3,-1].

If I do the cross product of the two vectors I get the vector [-11,7,-1] which if multiplied by -1 corresponds to the answer but I dont thin that's the right way. :P

2. ## Re: Equation of a plane parallel to two vectors.

Hint $(1,2,3)\times (2,3,-1)=(-11,7,-1)$ .

3. ## Re: Equation of a plane parallel to two vectors.

Well that's what I've done so far but I dont know how to proceed. How do I turn the resulting vector in to a normal equation?

4. ## Re: Equation of a plane parallel to two vectors.

Originally Posted by dipsy34
Well that's what I've done so far but I dont know how to proceed. How do I turn the resulting vector in to a normal equation?
$-11(x-2)+7(y-3)-(z-1)=0$

5. ## Re: Equation of a plane parallel to two vectors.

Originally Posted by dipsy34
Well that's what I've done so far but I dont know how to proceed. How do I turn the resulting vector in to a normal equation?
If $U~\&~V$ are two non-parallel vectors and $P$ is a point. Let $R=$ then $(U\times V)\cdot(R-P)=0$ is a plane parallel to the vectors that contains the point.