lines Questions

A line with direction cosines proportional to $2,1,2$ meets each of the lines $x=y+a=z$ and $x+a=2y=2z.$ The co-ordinates of each of the point of intersection are given by

If the straight lines $x=1+s,y=-3-\lambda s,z=1+\lambda s$ and $x=\frac{t}{2},y=1+t,z=2-t$ with parameters $s$ and $t$ respectively, are co-planar then $\lambda$ equals