{"id":2649,"date":"2022-04-09T08:31:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T12:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2022-04-09T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T19:23:27","slug":"point-of-intersection-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/2022\/04\/09\/point-of-intersection-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Point of Intersection Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2647\" src=\"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Point-of-Intersection-Fig2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Point-of-Intersection-Fig2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Point-of-Intersection-Fig2-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>I came across an interesting problem in the <em>MathsJam Shout<\/em> for February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>(\u201cMathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like.&nbsp; Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting.&nbsp; Monthly MathsJam nights happen in over 70 locations around the world, on the second-to-last Tuesday of each month.&nbsp; To find your nearest MathsJam, visit the website at www.mathsjam.com.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven two lines Ax + By + C = 0 and ax + by + c = 0, is there a simple link between the vectors (A, B, C), (a, b, c), and the point where the lines cross?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer, of course, is yes, but the question is somewhat open-ended and I was not able to track down any answer given.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Point-of-Intersection-Problem-220321.pdf\">Point of Intersection Problem<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across an interesting problem in the MathsJam Shout for February 2022. (\u201cMathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like.&nbsp; Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting.&nbsp; Monthly MathsJam nights happen in over 70 locations around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[240,31],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-math-inquiries","tag-mathsjam","tag-vectors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2652,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions\/2652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}