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2. Show that the points (-2, 3, 5), (1, 2, 3) and (7, 0, -1) are collinear.

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Given three points, A = (-2, 3, 5), B = (1, 2, 3) and C = (7, 0, -1)

The distance between two points $(x_1,y_1,z_1)$ and $(x_2,y_2,z_2)$ is given by

$d=\sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2+(z_2-z_1)^2}$

The distance AB :

$AB=\sqrt{(1-(-2))^2+(2-3)^2+(3-5)^2}$

$AB=\sqrt{(3)^2+(-1)^2+(-2)^2}$

$AB=\sqrt{9+1+4}$

$AB=\sqrt{14}$

The distance BC:

$BC=\sqrt{(7-1)^2+(0-2)^2+(-1-3)^2}$

$BC=\sqrt{36+4+16}$

$BC=\sqrt{56}$

$BC=2\sqrt{14}$

The distance CA

$CA=\sqrt{(7-(-2))^2+(0-3)^2+(-1-5)^2}$

$CA=\sqrt{81+9+36}$

$CA=\sqrt{126}$

$CA=3\sqrt{14}$

As we can see here,

$AB+BC=\sqrt{14}+2\sqrt{14}=3\sqrt{14}=AC$

Hence, we can say that points A,B and C are colinear.

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