Parametrize the line in the $R3$ which passes through the points

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The two points are:

$p = \left[ {\begin{array}{cc} -2 \\ 1 \\ 3 \end{array} } \right] q= \left[ {\begin{array}{cc} 5 \\ -3 \\ -1 \end{array} } \right]$

The following formula that I used was
$r = p + tq$

However in the example they did $q-p$

$q-p = \left[ {\begin{array}{cc} 7 \\ -3 \\ -2 \end{array} } \right]$

Therefore I did $r = \left[ {\begin{array}{cc} -2 \\ 1 \\ 3 \end{array} } \right] + t\left[ {\begin{array}{cc} 7 \\ -3 \\ -4 \end{array} } \right]$

The final answer I got was:
$x = -2+7t$
$y = 1 -3t$
$z=3-4t$

I am just wondering if this the correct procedure?

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One basic equation for a straight line in $\mathbb{R}^n$ for $n>1$ containing points $P$ and $Q$ is

$$ r(t)=(1-t)P+tQ\tag{1}$$

This gives $r(0)=P$ and $r(1)=Q$. For $0<t<1$, $r(t)$ is a point between $P$ and $Q$. For example, $r\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)$ is the midpoint of $PQ$.

Equation (1) may be rewritten as

\begin{equation} r(t)=(1-t)P+tQ=P-tP+tQ=P+(Q-P)t \end{equation}

Note that in your example, you still have the wrong value for $Q-P$. It should be

$$Q-P = \left[ {\begin{array}{cc} 7 \\\ -4 \\\ -4 \end{array} } \right]$$