OCR FP3 2011 January — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2011
SessionJanuary
TopicVectors: Lines & Planes

2 Two intersecting lines, lying in a plane \(p\), have equations $$\frac { x - 1 } { 2 } = \frac { y - 3 } { 1 } = \frac { z - 4 } { - 3 } \quad \text { and } \quad \frac { x - 1 } { - 1 } = \frac { y - 3 } { 2 } = \frac { z - 4 } { 4 } .$$
  1. Obtain the equation of \(p\) in the form \(2 x - y + z = 3\).
  2. Plane \(q\) has equation \(2 x - y + z = 21\). Find the distance between \(p\) and \(q\).