Engineering
Mathematics
Plane and Its Different Forms
Distance from a Plane
Question

Find the coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin to the plane 5y + 8 = 0.

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Let the coordinates of the foot of perpendicular P from the origin to the given plane be (x1,y1,z1).
We have, 5y + 8 = 0

⇒  0x – 5y + 0z = 8  .... (1)
The direction ratios of the normal are 0, –5 and 0
   0+(5),2+0=5
Dividing both sides of equation (1) by 5, we obtain
y=85
This equation is of the form ℓx + my + nz = d, where ℓ.m.n are the direction cosines of normal to the plane and d is the distance of normal from the origin.
The coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular are given by (ℓd.md,nd)
Therefore, the given coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular are
(01(85)0) i.e. (0,85,0)