What is the perpendicular distance of the point from the plane ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C.
Numerator: .
- Step 1: The perpendicular distance of point from the plane is .
- Step 2: Substitute and plane coefficients :
- Step 3: Denominator: . Compute distance: .
Answer
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Why not the others: subtracts in numerator (); uses denominator ; makes an arithmetic addition error.
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