4.3 recognize a normal to a plane geometrically (i.e., as a vector perpendicular to the plane) and algebraically [e.g., one normal to the plane 3x + 5y – 2z = 6 is (3, 5, –2)], and detemine, through investigation, some geometric properties of the plane (e.g., the direction of any normal to a plane is constant; all scalar multiples of a normal to a plane are also normals to that plane; three non-collinear points determine a plane; the resultant, or sum, of any two vectors in a plane also lies in the plane)
Investigation: Working with cardboard and straws, looking at equations of lines perpendicular to the plane and relation to equation of the plane
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