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Exercise - 11.3
(Question 25 - 28): In each of the following cases, determine the direction cosines of thenormal to the plane and the distance from the origin.
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Question : 27 of 78
Marks: +1, -0
x+y+z=1x + y + z = 1
Solution:  
The given plane is x + y + z = 1 ...(1)
Direction ratios of the normal to the plane are < 1, 1, 1 >
∴ Direction cosines of the normal to the plane are 13,13,13\langle \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \rangle
And distance of (1) from the origin =0+0+011+1+1=13=\frac{\left|0+0+0-1\right|}{\sqrt{1+1+1}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}
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