Equation of a Plane in Vector Form

parameters

t

1

s

1

Drag the green arrows or the point P.

Q=P+t

v

+s

w

If

v

and

w

are nonparallel vectors in a plane

p

and

P

is some point in

p

, a generic point

Q=



r

(t,s)

in

p

can be represented by



r

(t,s)=P+t

v

+s

w

for scalar parameters

s

and

t

. This represents the vector form of the equation for the plane.

Walter Mora Flores