Lines in 3D: Parametric Form & Closest Approach of Two Drones
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In this lesson
You write two drone flight paths as parametric lines, tabulate their positions and separation over time, and find the exact time and distance of their closest approach.
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Lessons in this course
- Vector Components, Length & Unit Vectors in 3D Locked
- Vector Addition & Scalar Multiples: a Robot's Route (Chart) Locked
- Dot Product & the Angle Between 3D Vectors (ACOS, DEGREES) Locked
- Projections & Work: Force · Displacement Locked
- Cross Product & Area: Parallelograms and Triangles (No MMULT) Locked
- Plane from Three Points & Distance from a Point to a Plane Locked
- Lines in 3D: Parametric Form & Closest Approach of Two Drones Locked
- Applications: Torque (r × F) & Cosine Shading with Normals (Chart) Locked