Plane and a Point

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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

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The coordinates of the foot the perpendicular and the perpendicular distance of the point P(3,2,1) from the plane 2xy+z+1=0 would be

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The image of the point (1, 2, 3) in the plane   x+2y+4z=38 is :

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Let N be the foot of perpendicular from the point P(1,-2,3) on the line passing through the points (4,5,8) and (1,-7,5). Then the distance of N from the plane 2x-2y+z+5=0 is

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Let the line passing through the points P2,-1,2 and Q5,3,4 meet the plane x-y+z=4 at the point R. Then the distance of the point R from the plane x+2y+3z+2=0 measured parallel to the line x-72=y+32=z-21 is

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Let P be the plane passing through the points 5,3,0,13,3,-2 and 1,6,2. For α, if the distance of the points A3,4,α and B2,α,a from the plane P are 2 and 3 respectively, then the positive value of a is

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Let the line x1=6-y2=z+85 intersect the lines x-54=y-73=z+21  and x+36=3-y3=z-61 at the points A and B respectively. Then the distance of the mid-point of the line segment AB from the plane 2x-2y+z=14 is

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The distance of the point -1,2,3 from the plane r·(i^-2j^+3k^)=10 parallel to the line of the shortest distance between the linesr=(i^-j^)+λ(2i^+k^) and r=(2i^-j^)+μ(i^-j^+k^) is

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Let (α,β,γ) be the image of point P(2,3,5) in the plane 2x+y-3z=6. Then α+β+γ is equal to

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Let the system of linear equations

x+2y-9z=7

-x+3y+7z=9

-2x+y+5z=8

-3x+y+13z=λ

has a unique solution x=α, y=β, z=γ. Then the distance of the point α, β, γ from the plane 2x-2y+z=λ is

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Let the foot of perpendicular of the point P3, 2, 9 on the plane passing through the points 1, 2, 3, 9, 3, 4, 9, 2, 1 be Qα, β, γ. Then the distance Q from the origin is

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The plane, passing through the points (0, 1, 2) and (1, 2, 1) and parallel to the line passing through (5, 1, 7) and (1, 1, 1), also passes through the point

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Let the image of the point P(1, 2, 6) in the plane passing through the points A(1, 2, 0) and B(1, 4, 1) C(0, 5, 1) be Q(α,β,γ) . Then α2+β2+γ2 equal to

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Let two vertices of a triangle ABC be 2, 4, 6 and 0,-2,-5, and its centroid be 2,1,-1. If the image of the third vertex in the plane x+2y+4z=11 is α, β, γ, then αβ+βγ+γα is equal to

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The distance of the point 1,-2,3 from the plane x-y+z=5 measured parallel to the line, x2=y3=z-6 is:

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The distance of the point whose position vector is 2i^+j^-k^ from the plane r·i^-2j^+4k^=4 is

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Let the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point 1,2,3 to a plane be -1,3,-2. Then the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane is

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The x-intercept of a plane π passing through the point 1,1,1 is 52 and the perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane π is 57. If the y-intercept of the plane π is negative and the z-intercept is positive then its y-intercept is

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If the equation of the plane which is at a distance of 13 units from the origin and perpendicular to a line whose directional ratios are 1,2,2 is x+py+qz+r=0 then p2+q2+r2=

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The distance from the point 2,2,2 to the plane 2x-y+3z=5 is equal to

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Let P1: 3y+z+1=0 and P2: 2x-y+3z-7=0 and the equation of line AB is x-12=y-3-1=z-43 in 3D space. Shortest distance between the line of intersection of plane P1 and P2 and the line AB is equal to