Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 11 - Three-Dimensional Space; Vectors - 11.6 Planes in 3-Space - Exercises Set 11.6 - Page 820: 25

Answer

\[ 0=-2 y+7 z+4 x \]

Work Step by Step

If the plane $d=a x+b y+c z$ is parallel to the plane $0=-2 y+7 z+4 x+12, $ with normal vector $\vec{n}=\langle 4,-2,7\rangle$, then the normal vector $\vec{n}$ is also normal to the plane $d=a x+b y+c z .$ This means that $c=7, \quad b=-2$ and $\quad a=4.$ Then \[ d=a.x+b .y+c. z=4. x-2. y+7 .z \] Since this plane passes through the origin $P(0,0,0)=P\left(x_{0}, y_{0}, z_{0}\right)$, we get that \[ 0=d=d=4(0)-2(0)+7(0) \] Thus: \[ 0=4 x-2 y+7 z \]
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