Problem Analysis #13

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Problem Statement

Let L1L_1 be the line of intersection of the planes given by the equations2x+3y+z=4andx+2y+z=5.2x + 3y + z = 4 \quad \text{and} \quad x + 2y + z = 5.Let L2L_2 be the line passing through the point P(2,1,3)P(2, -1, 3) and parallel to L1L_1. Let Π\Pi denote the plane given by the equation2x+y2z=6.2x + y - 2z = 6.Suppose that the line L2L_2 meets the plane Π\Pi at the point QQ. Let RR be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from PP to the plane Π\Pi.If the length of the line segment PQPQ is \ell and the area of PQR\triangle PQR is AA, find the value of 4$$\ell$$^2 A^2.\

Ground Truth
511758
Execution Trace
Reasoning Process

[THOUGHT] We need to compute 4 * ℓ^2 * A^2, where ℓ = length PQ, and A = area of triangle PQR.

Given:

  • L1: intersection of planes 2x+3y+z=4 and x+2y+z=5.
  • L2: line through P(2,-1,3) parallel to L1.
  • Plane Π: 2x+y-2z=6.
  • Q = intersection of L2 with Π.
  • R = foot of perpendicular from P to Π.
  • ℓ = distance PQ.
  • A = area of triangle PQR.

We need 4 ℓ^2 A^2.

Steps:

  1. Find direction vector of L1: cross product of normals of the two planes. Plane1: 2x+3y+z=4 → normal n1 = (2,3,1) Plane2: x+2y+z=5 → normal n2 = (1,2,1) Direction d = n1 × n2 = cross product.
  2. L2: through P with direction d.
  3. Find Q: intersection of L2 with Π. Parametric eq: P + t d. Plug into plane equation to solve t.
  4. Compute ℓ = distance between P and Q = |t| * |d| (or compute directly).
  5. Find R: foot of perpendicular from P to Π. Use formula: project P onto plane along normal of Π. Plane Π: 2x+y-2z=6, normal n = (2,1,-2). Find point R such that vector PR is parallel to n and R lies on plane. Let R = P + s n. Plug into plane equation to solve s.
  6. Compute area A of triangle PQR. We have coordinates of P, Q, R. Area = 0.5 * |(Q-P) × (R-P)|.
  7. Compute ℓ^2 and A^2, then 4 ℓ^2 A^2.

We'll compute exactly using sympy for rational numbers.

Let's implement. [/THOUGHT] [PYTHON] import sympy as sp

Define symbols

t, s = sp.symbols('t s')

Points and vectors

P = sp.Point(2, -1, 3)

Normals

n1 = sp.Matrix([2, 3, 1]) n2 = sp.Matrix([1, 2, 1])

Direction of L1 (cross product)

d = n1.cross(n2) print("Direction vector d:", d)

Parametric line L2: P + t*d

x, y, z = sp.symbols('x y z')

Coordinates as functions of t

x_expr = P.x + t * d[0] y_expr = P.y + t * d[1] z_expr = P.z + t * d[2]

Plane Π: 2x + y - 2z = 6

plane_eq = 2x + y - 2z - 6

Substitute parametric into plane equation

sub_eq = plane_eq.subs({x: x_expr, y: y_expr, z: z_expr}) print("Equation in t:", sub_eq)

Solve for t

t_sol = sp.solve(sub_eq, t) print("t solution:", t_sol) t_val = t_sol[0]

Coordinates of Q

Q = sp.Point(x_expr.subs(t, t_val), y_expr.subs(t, t_val), z_expr.subs(t, t_val)) print("Q:", Q)

Distance ℓ = PQ

PQ_vec = sp.Matrix(Q - P) ell_sq = PQ_vec.dot(PQ_vec) # squared length print("ℓ^2:", ell_sq)

Find R: foot of perpendicular from P to plane Π

Plane normal n = (2,1,-2)

n = sp.Matrix([2, 1, -2])

Parametric: R = P + s * n

R = sp.Point(P.x + s * n[0], P.y + s * n[1], P.z + s * n[2])

R lies on plane: 2Rx + Ry - 2Rz = 6

plane_R = 2R.x + R.y - 2R.z - 6 s_sol = sp.solve(plane_R, s) print("s solution:", s_sol) s_val = s_sol[0] R = sp.Point(P.x + s_val * n[0], P.y + s_val * n[1], P.z + s_val * n[2]) print("R:", R)

Area of triangle PQR: 0.5 * |(Q-P) × (R-P)|

QP = sp.Matrix(Q - P) RP = sp.Matrix(R - P) cross = QP.cross(RP) cross_norm_sq = cross.dot(cross) area_sq = (cross_norm_sq) / 4 # because area = 0.5 * |cross|, so area^2 = (1/4) * |cross|^2 print("Area^2:", area_sq)

Compute 4 * ℓ^2 * A^2

result = 4 * ell_sq * area_sq print("4 ℓ^2 A^2:", result)

Simplify if needed

result_simplified = sp.simplify(result) print("Simplified result:", result_simplified) [/PYTHON]

Tool Output
[PYTHON OUTPUT] Direction vector d: Matrix([[1], [-1], [1]]) Equation in t: -t - 9 t solution: [-9] Q: Point3D(-7, 8, -6) ℓ^2: 243 s solution: [1] R: Point3D(4, 0, 1) Area^2: 1053/2 4 ℓ^2 A^2: 511758 Simplified result: 511758 [/PYTHON OUTPUT]
Reasoning Process

[THOUGHT] The Python output gives ℓ^2 = 243, area^2 = 1053/2, and 4 ℓ^2 A^2 = 511758. This is the exact integer result we need. [/THOUGHT] \boxed{511758}

Final Model Output
511758

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