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Given R find F

The point F must be on the line through E and R. Thus $(F-E) \parallel (E-R)$ gives $(f-r,u,v) \parallel (r-c,-s,h)$ which in turn gives

\begin{displaymath}\frac {f-r} {f-c} = \frac {u} {-s} = \frac {v} {h} \end{displaymath} (4)

Thus,

\begin{displaymath}(u,v) = \frac{f-r}{f-c}(-s,h).\end{displaymath} (5)

which gives F.

Steve Tanimoto
2000-02-04