Engineering
Mathematics
Plane and Its Different Forms
Question

The distance of the point (1, 3, – 7) from the plane passing through the point (1, – 1, – 1) having normal perpendicular to both the lines x−11 = y+2−2 = z–43 and =x−22 = y+1−1 =  z+7−1  is

1074

1083

2074

583

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Solution

Equation of plane: a (x – 1) + b (y + 1) + c (z + 1) = 0 this plane perpendicular to given two lines, then a – 2b + 3c = 0

2a – b – c = 0

a5 = b7 = c3

then equation of plane is 5 (x – 1) + 7 (y + 1) + 3 (z + 1) = 0

5x + 7y + 3z + 5 = 0

d=|5+21−21+525+49+9|=1083.