The problem asks us to find all vectors that are perpendicular to both $v = (1, -2, -3)$ and $w = (-3, 2, 0)$.

GeometryVectorsDot ProductOrthogonalityLinear Algebra3D Geometry
2025/6/2

1. Problem Description

The problem asks us to find all vectors that are perpendicular to both v=(1,2,3)v = (1, -2, -3) and w=(3,2,0)w = (-3, 2, 0).

2. Solution Steps

A vector u=(x,y,z)u = (x, y, z) is perpendicular to both vv and ww if and only if the dot product of uu with each of vv and ww is zero. This gives us two equations:
uv=0u \cdot v = 0
uw=0u \cdot w = 0
Writing these out explicitly, we have:
x2y3z=0x - 2y - 3z = 0
3x+2y=0-3x + 2y = 0
From the second equation, we get 2y=3x2y = 3x, or y=32xy = \frac{3}{2}x.
Substituting this into the first equation, we have:
x2(32x)3z=0x - 2(\frac{3}{2}x) - 3z = 0
x3x3z=0x - 3x - 3z = 0
2x3z=0-2x - 3z = 0
3z=2x3z = -2x
z=23xz = -\frac{2}{3}x
Thus, u=(x,32x,23x)u = (x, \frac{3}{2}x, -\frac{2}{3}x).
We can factor out an xx to get u=x(1,32,23)u = x(1, \frac{3}{2}, -\frac{2}{3}).
To eliminate fractions, we can multiply the vector by 6 to get x(6,9,4)x(6, 9, -4). Since xx can be any scalar, we can simply say that the set of all vectors perpendicular to vv and ww are scalar multiples of the vector (6,9,4)(6, 9, -4).

3. Final Answer

The vectors perpendicular to both (1,2,3)(1, -2, -3) and (3,2,0)(-3, 2, 0) are of the form t(6,9,4)t(6, 9, -4), where tt is any real number.

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