Equation of a line segment given a set

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Hi I'm trying to figure out how to do this question

$\ S={(x,y,z):x,y,z≥0, 2x+y+2z=4}, $ which is a surface in the first octant.

Find the equation of the line segment where S intersects the x-y plane. And then evaluate

$$\int_S (x +y + z) \;\mathrm{d}S $$

So I know that seeing as it's the xy-plane that means z = 0 so when I manipulate the equation to get y = 4-2x but I'm unsure how to do the rest especially the parameterisation (I'm quite new at this)

Help would be greatly appreciated

UPDATE : so I've found the points $\ (x, y, 2-x- \frac y2) $

when I differentiate this with respect to x I get $\ (1, 0, -1) $

when I differentiate this with respect to y I get $\ (0, 1,- \frac 12) $

if i take the cross product of both of these I get $\ (1, \frac 12, 1) $

So is that my answer?