What is the vector equation for the line of intersection of two planes with the only given information being their distances from the origin?

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The question I'm working on is:

Two planes have non-parallel unit normals n and m and their closest distances from the origin are 3 and 7 respectively. Find the vector equation of their line of intersection.

I have calculated the implicit vector given by the cross product of the two normals, and from there derived a point on the line, but this is all done implicitly and seems rather vague. #

I'm thinking there may be something in the fact that the normals given are unit vectors, but I've become rather stuck.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Hint: if $\vec r$ is a positional vector, then the equations of the planes are $\vec n \cdot \vec r=3$ and $\vec m \cdot \vec r=7$. Does this help?