1. Find Coplanar vectors
`A=(1,2,3)`, `B=(2,4,6)`, `C=(3,4,5)`Solution:Here `vec A=(1,2,3),vec B=(2,4,6),vec C=(3,4,5)`
The 3 vectors are coplanar, if their scalar triple product is zero
1. Calculate scalar triple product
`vec A*(vec B xx vec C)`
`=|[A_1,A_2,A_3],[B_1,B_2,B_3],[C_1,C_2,C_3]|`
| = | | `1` | `2` | `3` | | | `2` | `4` | `6` | | | `3` | `4` | `5` | |
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`=1 xx (4 xx 5 - 6 xx 4) -2 xx (2 xx 5 - 6 xx 3) +3 xx (2 xx 4 - 4 xx 3)`
`=1 xx (20 -24) -2 xx (10 -18) +3 xx (8 -12)`
`=1 xx (-4) -2 xx (-8) +3 xx (-4)`
`= -4 +16 -12`
`=0`
Here scalar triple product is zero, so vectors are coplanar
2. Find Coplanar vectors
`A=(5,-1,1)`, `B=(-2,3,4)`, `C=(3,4,5)`Solution:Here `vec A=(5,-1,1),vec B=(-2,3,4),vec C=(3,4,5)`
The 3 vectors are coplanar, if their scalar triple product is zero
1. Calculate scalar triple product
`vec A*(vec B xx vec C)`
`=|[A_1,A_2,A_3],[B_1,B_2,B_3],[C_1,C_2,C_3]|`
| = | | `5` | `-1` | `1` | | | `-2` | `3` | `4` | | | `3` | `4` | `5` | |
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`=5 xx (3 xx 5 - 4 xx 4) +1 xx (-2 xx 5 - 4 xx 3) +1 xx (-2 xx 4 - 3 xx 3)`
`=5 xx (15 -16) +1 xx (-10 -12) +1 xx (-8 -9)`
`=5 xx (-1) +1 xx (-22) +1 xx (-17)`
`= -5 -22 -17`
`=-44`
`!=0`
Here scalar triple product is not zero, so vectors are not coplanar
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