Given:
The plane meets axes in A, B and C.
Let A = (a, 0, 0), B = (0, b, 0) and C = (0, 0, c)
Given that the centroid of the triangle = (α, β, γ)
By using the formula,
\( (α, β, γ)=(\dfrac{a}{3}, \dfrac{b}{3}, \dfrac{c}{3})\)
So,
\( \dfrac{a}{3}\) = α
= a = 3α …… (i)
\( \dfrac{b}{3}\) = β
= b = 3β ……. (2)
\( \dfrac{c}{3}\) = γ
= c = 3γ ……. (3)
If a, b, c is intercepts by plane on coordinate axes,
Then equation of plane is given by:
\( \dfrac{x}{a}+ \dfrac{y}{b}+ \dfrac{z}{c}=1\)
Hence, the equation of plane is
\( \dfrac{x}{\alpha}+ \dfrac{y}{\beta}+ \dfrac{z}{\gamma}=1\)
Answered by Sakshi | 1 year agoA plane meets the coordinate axes in points A, B, C and the centroid of the triangle ABC is (1, -2, 3). Find the equation of the plane.
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