If the foot of perpendicular drawn from the origin to the plane is $(3,2,1)$, then the equation of plane is

If the foot of perpendicular drawn from the origin to the plane is $(3,2,1)$, then the equation of plane is
  1. $3x+2y-z=12$
  2. $3x+2y-z=14$
  3. $3x+2y+z=14$
  4. $3x-2y-z=12$

Solution

Let $P(3,2,1)$ be the foot of the perpendicular from the origin to the plane. $\begin{aligned} \overline{\mathrm{OP}} &=\overline{\mathrm{n}}=3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}} \text { and } \\ \mathrm{P} &=|3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}|=\sqrt{3^{2}+2^{2}+1^{2}}=\sqrt{14} \\ \hat{\mathrm{n}} &=\frac{3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}}{\sqrt{14}} \end{aligned}$ The vector equation of the plane is $\begin{aligned} &(x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}) \cdot \frac{(3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k})}{\sqrt{14}}=\sqrt{14} \\ \therefore & 3 x+2 y+z=14 \Rightarrow 3 x+2 y+z-14=0 \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (16 Oct Shift 1)

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