Quick question regarding wording of a homework question

Question

Find the equation for the plane passing through the heads of the three given vectors

(2, 2, 0)

(−1, 2, 1)

(1, 1, 4)

Is this just another way of asking what is the plane passing through these points, or does "through the heads" mean something different.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Simply ensure that all three points are on the plane. A point and two direction vectors are required to define a plane.

By stating "head of the three vectors", this implies that the vectors are coming from the origin (with the tail at 0,0,0). The "head" essentially represents a point on the plane.

Answer 2

It should just mean through the three points, although it does seem to be a rather bizarre way to phrase it.