Unit 13.2 Worked Example 2

The line ${{l}_{2}}$ passes through $A\left( 3,1,-2 \right)$ and is parallel to the direction vector $\left( \begin{matrix}7  \\15  \\1  \\\end{matrix} \right)$.

${{l}_{2}}$ intersects ${{l}_{1}}:\mathbf{r}=\left( \begin{matrix}  -12  \\ -22  \\ 11  \\\end{matrix} \right)+\lambda \left( \begin{matrix}4  \\ 4  \\ -7  \\\end{matrix} \right);\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$ at $C$.

Find

(i)

the coordinates of $C$,

(ii)

the acute angle between ${{l}_{1}}$ and ${{l}_{2}}$,

(iii)

the vector line equation of mirror image of ${{l}_{2}}$ in ${{l}_{1}}$

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