Question

The foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin to a plane is the point $$\left( {1,\, - 3,\,1} \right).$$   What is the intercept cut on the $$x$$-axis by the plane ?

A. $$1$$
B. $$3$$
C. $$\sqrt {11} $$
D. $$11$$  
Answer :   $$11$$
Solution :
Equation of plane passing through $$\left( {1,\, - 3,\,1} \right)$$   and whose normal $$\left( {1,\, - 3,\,1} \right)$$   is
$$\eqalign{ & 1\left( {x - 1} \right) - 3\left( {y + 3} \right) + 1\left( {z - 1} \right) = 0 \cr & \Rightarrow x - 3y + z - 11 = 0 \cr & \Rightarrow \frac{x}{{11}} - \frac{y}{{\frac{{11}}{3}}} + \frac{z}{{11}} = 0 \cr} $$
The above plane intercept the $$x$$-axis at $$11.$$

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Releted Question 1

The value of $$k$$ such that $$\frac{{x - 4}}{1} = \frac{{y - 2}}{1} = \frac{{z - k}}{2}$$     lies in the plane $$2x - 4y + z = 7,$$    is :

A. $$7$$
B. $$ - 7$$
C. no real value
D. $$4$$
Releted Question 2

If the lines $$\frac{{x - 1}}{2} = \frac{{y + 1}}{3} = \frac{{z - 1}}{4}$$      and $$\frac{{x - 3}}{1} = \frac{{y - k}}{2} = \frac{z}{1}$$     intersect, then the value of $$k$$ is :

A. $$\frac{3}{2}$$
B. $$\frac{9}{2}$$
C. $$ - \frac{2}{9}$$
D. $$ - \frac{3}{2}$$
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A plane which is perpendicular to two planes $$2x - 2y + z = 0$$    and $$x - y + 2z = 4,$$    passes through $$\left( {1,\, - 2,\,1} \right).$$   The distance of the plane from the point $$\left( {1,\,2,\,2} \right)$$  is :

A. $$0$$
B. $$1$$
C. $$\sqrt 2 $$
D. $$2\sqrt 2 $$
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Let $$P\left( {3,\,2,\,6} \right)$$   be a point in space and $$Q$$ be a point on the line $$\vec r = \left( {\hat i - \hat j + 2\hat k} \right) + \mu \left( { - 3\hat i + \hat j + 5\hat k} \right)$$
Then the value of $$\mu $$ for which the vector $$\overrightarrow {PQ} $$  is parallel to the plane $$x-4y+3z=1$$    is :

A. $$\frac{1}{4}$$
B. $$ - \frac{1}{4}$$
C. $$\frac{1}{8}$$
D. $$ - \frac{1}{8}$$

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