Lines and Planes

Highlights of the activity

1. This small group activity is designed to provide practice using the vector description of lines and planes.
2. Students work in small groups to find planes perpendicular and parallel to a given line.
3. The whole class wrap-up discussion emphasizes the geometry of the vector descriptions of lines and planes.

Reasons to spend class time on the activity

Provides practice using vector description of lines and planes.

Reflections

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Instructor's Guide

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