So . Thus .
So . Therefore .
is normal to the plane . Thus can be described by an equation of the form a(x-2)+b(y-4)+c(z-6)=0, where is proportional to .
Thus, must be proportional to The more direct way of doing this is as follows:
Solve the two equations , , simultaneously and eliminate the variable, x, say. You'll get the one equation in y, z given by
You still need an equation which relates the x to either one of the two variables, y, z. So, let's solve for z in the second equation, . Then we get z = 1-2x-2y. But 5z = 3 - 8y. Combining the last two then gives
These two equations (1) and (2) define the required line. We can parametrize it by setting x=t, say, then y = 1-5x = 1-5t, by (2), and . That's all!