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| Question 1116903:  How to write the equation of the line, when the 3 planes (with equations below) intersect in a line if k=-2?
 x+y+z=0
 kx+y-2z=-6
 2y+(k+2)z=k-2
 I found the value of k=-2, but not sure how to write the equation of the line.
 1) rectangular form  2) vector form.
 Thank you.
 Answer by ikleyn(52879)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! . 
 
At k= -2 your system has the form
  x +  y +  z = 0
-2x +  y - 2z = -6
      2y      = -4.
Last equation gives y = -2  and, after substituting this value of y into two other equations, gives you the system 
  x +  z =  2
-2x - 2z = -4 
It is equivalent to the system
  x + z = 2
  x + z = 2,
Which is, actually, ONE equation
  x + z = 2.
Thus the equations in 3D space of the straight line under the question are these two equations
   y = -2,
   x + z = 2.
It is the answer in rectangular form.
In vector form the parametric equation for this straight line is 
   V(t) = (t,-2,2-t),  where t is the parameter  (= any real number).
Solved.
 
 
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