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Geometry Difficulty 3.3 AMC 10/12 Find the answer

In the space rectangular coordinate system OxyzO-xyz, points A(1,3,0)A(1,3,0), B(0,3,1)B(0,3,-1), then

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Solution

To solve this problem, we examine the vector AB\overrightarrow{AB} and its relationship with the coordinate planes.

Given points A(1,3,0)A(1,3,0) and B(0,3,1)B(0,3,-1), we can calculate the vector AB\overrightarrow{AB} as follows:
AB=BA=(01,33,10)=(1,0,1). \overrightarrow{AB} = B - A = (0-1, 3-3, -1-0) = (-1,0,-1).

The next step is to consider the orientation of AB\overrightarrow{AB} relative to the various coordinate planes.

A normal vector to the plane xOzxOz is n=(0,1,0)\overrightarrow{n}=(0,1,0). To determine if AB\overrightarrow{AB} is parallel or perpendicular to the xOzxOz plane, we compute the dot product of AB\overrightarrow{AB} and n\overrightarrow{n}:
ABn=(1,0,1)(0,1,0)=(1)0+01+(1)0=0. \overrightarrow{AB}\cdot \overrightarrow{n} = (-1,0,-1) \cdot (0,1,0) = (-1)\cdot0 + 0\cdot1 + (-1)\cdot0 = 0.

Since the dot product is 00, it means AB\overrightarrow{AB} is perpendicular to the normal vector n\overrightarrow{n} of the plane xOzxOz. However, being perpendicular to the normal vector implies that AB\overrightarrow{AB} is not perpendicular to the plane itself but rather parallel to it, as it does not lie within the plane xOzxOz and does not intersect it in a manner that would be considered perpendicular.

Therefore, the correct conclusion is that line ABAB is parallel to the coordinate plane xOzxOz.

Hence, the answer is: C\boxed{C}.

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