The direction cosines of the normal drawn to the plane passing through the points \((2,-1,5),(1,-3,4),(5,2…

The direction cosines of the normal drawn to the plane passing through the points \((2,-1,5),(1,-3,4),(5,2,1)\) are
  1. \(\frac{11}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{-7}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{179}}\)
  2. \(\frac{9}{\sqrt{134}}, \frac{-7}{\sqrt{134}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{134}}\)
  3. \(\frac{11}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{7}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{-3}{\sqrt{179}}\)
  4. \(\frac{9}{\sqrt{134}}, \frac{7}{\sqrt{134}}, \frac{-2}{\sqrt{134}}\)

Solution

Let \(A=(2,-1,5)\) and \(C=(5,2,1)\) \(\therefore\) Equation of plane passing through \(A, B, C\) is \(\begin{aligned} &\left|\begin{array}{ccc} x-x_1 & y-y_1 & z-z_1 \\ x_2-x_1 & y_2-y_1 & z_2-z_1 \\ x_3-x_1 & y_3-y_1 & z_3-z_1 \end{array}\right|=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \quad\left|\begin{array}{ccc} x-2 & y+1 & z-5 \\ -1 & -2 & -1 \\ 3 & 3 & -4 \end{array}\right|=0 \\ & 11 x-7 y+3 z-26=0 \end{aligned}\) Required dc's are \(\begin{aligned} & =\frac{11}{\sqrt{121+49+9}}, \frac{-7}{\sqrt{121+49+9}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{121+49+9}} \\ & =\left(\frac{11}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{-7}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{179}}\right) \end{aligned}\) \(\therefore\) Hence, answer is (a).

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2019 (23 Apr Shift 1)

Practice more Three Dimensional Geometry questions on Aicharya