Engineering
Mathematics
Plane and Its Different Forms
theorem in space
Distance from a Plane
Question

In each of the following cases, determine the direction cosines of the normal to the plane and the distance from the origin, x+y+z=1 .

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Solution
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Given equation of the plane is 

x + y + z = 1

1x + 1y + 1z = 1

Comparing with ax + by + cz =d

a = 1, b = 1, c = 1, d = 1

a2+b2+c2=12+12+12=3

Direction cosincs of the normal to the plane are

=aa2+b2+c2,m=ba2+b2+c2,n=ca2+b2+c2

=13,m=13,n=13

∴   Direction consine of the normal to the plane are 

=13,13,13

Disatnce from the original =da2+b2+c2=13