#undergraduate vectors question

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low breach
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can someone please help me with this question?

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low breach
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So the question basically asks you to find the point of intersection between L and the line that goes through Q and perpendicular to L

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First, let's find the equation of the line L and the line, let's call it T, that goes through Q and goes perpendicular to L

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Oh wait this is in space, it's harder now

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Hmm

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Oh I have an idea

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I would find the equation of the plane that has normal vector v

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And we just translate it with a scaled version of v until Q is in that plane

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and that scalar shows how far the point R is compared to P in some sense

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and with that we can find the exact position of R on the line L

low breach
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I got this answer

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Not sure if it's correct