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Find the equation representing the line orthogonal to and that passes through .
Express your answer as a vector and as parametric equations.
Let’s first find the direction that the line is heading in.
We are told that the line is orthogonal to and . We can use the cross product to
find a vector orthogonal to these two vectors.
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So .
Since we are told that the line passes through , we then may conclude .
Adding together corresponding entries reveals that .