Through the vertices we get the adjacent vectors as,
\(\overset{\rightarrow}{AB}\) = -4i+5j+7k and \(\overset{\rightarrow}{AC}\) = 4i - 5j - 7k
To prove that A, B, C are collinear we need to prove that
Thus, substituting the values of a1, a2, a3 and b1, b2 and b3, in equation (i) we get