Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Functions of Several Veriables - 12.1 Planes and Surfaces - 12.1 Exercises - Page 870: 16

Answer

$$-x + 2y+7z+17 =0$$

Work Step by Step

Write the general equation of a plane in $R^3$ passing through the point $P=(x_0,y_0, z_0)$ along with the normal vector $n=\lt p,q,r\gt$ such that: $$p(x - x_0) + q(y - y_0) + r(z - z_0) = 0~~~~(1)$$ Here, we have $n=\lt 1,-3, 1\gt \times \lt 4, 2, 0\gt=-2i+4j+14k$ or, $n=\lt -2, 4, 14 \gt$ Plug the values into the equation (1) to obtain: $$ ( -2 )(x - 3) +4(y -0) + 14 (z+2) = 0 $$ After simplifying, we get: $$-2x+4y+14z+34 =0\\ -x + 2y+7z+17 =0$$
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