Plane and a Point
Plane and a Point: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Image of a Point in a Plane Mirror in Vector Form, Relative Position of Two Points with Respect to a Plane, Points and a Plane in 3D, Position of a Point with Respect to a Plane, etc.
Important Questions on Plane and a Point
The coordinates of the foot the perpendicular and the perpendicular distance of the point from the plane would be

The image of the point (1, 2, 3) in the plane :

Let be the foot of perpendicular from the point on the line passing through the points and . Then the distance of from the plane is

Let the line passing through the points and meet the plane at the point . Then the distance of the point from the plane measured parallel to the line is

Let be the plane passing through the points and . For , if the distance of the points and from the plane are and respectively, then the positive value of is

Let the line intersect the lines and at the points and respectively. Then the distance of the mid-point of the line segment from the plane is

The distance of the point from the plane parallel to the line of the shortest distance between the lines and is

Let be the image of point in the plane . Then is equal to

Let the system of linear equations
has a unique solution . Then the distance of the point from the plane is

Let the foot of perpendicular of the point on the plane passing through the points be . Then the distance from the origin is

The plane, passing through the points and and parallel to the line passing through and also passes through the point

Let the image of the point in the plane passing through the points and be . Then equal to

Let two vertices of a triangle be and , and its centroid be . If the image of the third vertex in the plane is , then is equal to

The distance of the point from the plane measured parallel to the line, is:

The distance of the point whose position vector is from the plane is

Let the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point to a plane be . Then the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane is

The -intercept of a plane passing through the point is and the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane is . If the -intercept of the plane is negative and the -intercept is positive then its -intercept is

If the equation of the plane which is at a distance of units from the origin and perpendicular to a line whose directional ratios are is then

The distance from the point to the plane is equal to

Let and and the equation of line is in space. Shortest distance between the line of intersection of plane and and the line is equal to
