
The diagram above shows part of the structure of a modern art museum designed by Marcus, with a horizontal base \(OAB\) and vertical wall \(OADC\). Perpendicular unit vectors, \(\mathbf{i}\), \(\mathbf{j}\) and \(\mathbf{k}\) are such that \(\mathbf{i}\) and \(\mathbf{k}\) are parallel to \(OA\) and \(OC\) respectively.
The walls of the museum \(BCD\) and \(ABD\) can be described respectively by the equations
\(\mathbf{r}\cdot \left( \begin{matrix} -1 \\ -5 \\ 6 \\ \end{matrix} \right)=36\) and \(\mathbf{r}=\left( \begin{matrix} 14 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right)+\lambda \left( \begin{matrix} 5 \\ 4 \\ 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right)+\mu \left( \begin{matrix} -1 \\ 0 \\ 4 \\ \end{matrix} \right)\), where \(\lambda \), \(\mu \in \mathbb{R}\).
Suppose Marcus wishes to divide the structure into two by adding a partition such that it intersects with the walls \(BCD\) and \(ABD\) at a line. This partition can be described by the equation \(2x-y+\alpha z=\beta \), where \(\alpha \), \(\beta \in \mathbb{R}\).
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