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document.write( "Please Help Me With This: Show That The Vectors a=5i+3j+3k, b=3i-3j+k, c=7i+8j+5k are collinear<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They are not collinear.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The determinant of the corresponding 3x3 matrix of coefficients is not zero.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is -4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The determinant of the matrix <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28matrix%283%2C3%2C+5%2C3%2C3%2C+3%2C-3%2C1%2C+7%2C8%2C5%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28matrix%283%2C3%2C+5%2C3%2C3%2C+3%2C-3%2C1%2C+7%2C8%2C5%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is -4.\r<BR>\n" );
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