1. Find Coplanar vectors
`A=(1,2,3)`, `B=(4,5,6)`, `C=(7,8,9)`Solution:Here `vec A=(1,2,3),vec B=(4,5,6),vec C=(7,8,9)`
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` | | | `4` | `5` | `6` | | | `7` | `8` | `9` | |
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`=1 xx (5 xx 9 - 6 xx 8) -2 xx (4 xx 9 - 6 xx 7) +3 xx (4 xx 8 - 5 xx 7)`
`=1 xx (45 -48) -2 xx (36 -42) +3 xx (32 -35)`
`=1 xx (-3) -2 xx (-6) +3 xx (-3)`
`= -3 +12 -9`
`=0`
Here scalar triple product is zero, so vectors are coplanar
2. Find Coplanar vectors
`A=(5,6,1)`, `B=(0,2,3)`, `C=(3,4,5)`Solution:Here `vec A=(5,6,1),vec B=(0,2,3),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` | `6` | `1` | | | `0` | `2` | `3` | | | `3` | `4` | `5` | |
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`=5 xx (2 xx 5 - 3 xx 4) -6 xx (0 xx 5 - 3 xx 3) +1 xx (0 xx 4 - 2 xx 3)`
`=5 xx (10 -12) -6 xx (0 -9) +1 xx (0 -6)`
`=5 xx (-2) -6 xx (-9) +1 xx (-6)`
`= -10 +54 -6`
`=38`
`!=0`
Here scalar triple product is not zero, so vectors are not coplanar
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