Given lines can be written as
ax+1=1y−0=az−1
3x+2=1y−0=b3z−0
We know that lines a1x−x1=b1y−y1=c1z−z1 and a2x−x2=b2y−y2=c2z−z2 are coplanar if ∣x2−x1a1a2y2−y1b1b2z2−z1c1c2∣=0.
Hence,
∣−1a3011−1ab3∣=0
where, b=0⇒a=0, since ab=0.
⇒−(b3−a)−1(a−3)=0
⇒a−b3−a+3=0
⇒b=1
∴b=1,a∈R−0