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Plane perpendicular to another
Find a plane β perpendicular to α (normal (2, 1, 2)) through P(14, 9, 6).
Step-by-step solution
- Two planes are perpendicular if their normals are perpendicular.
- Choose a normal perpendicular to that of α and through P.
- Check that the dot product of the two normals is 0.
- There are infinitely many planes perpendicular to α through P: all those containing the normal direction of α.
Result: β has normal (-3, 4, 1) and passes through P(14, 9, 6).
Do not confuse a perpendicular plane with a parallel one: perpendicular means perpendicular normals, not parallel normals.
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