The perpendicular distance of the origin from the plane $x-3 y+4 z-6=0$ is

The perpendicular distance of the origin from the plane $x-3 y+4 z-6=0$ is
  1. $6$
  2. $\frac{6}{\sqrt{26}}$
  3. $\frac{1}{\sqrt{26}}$
  4. $\frac{3}{\sqrt{26}}$

Solution

Length of perpendicular from point $\mathrm{O}(0,0,0)$ to plane $x-3 y+4 z-6=0$ is given by $\begin{aligned} d & =\left|\frac{0(1)+0(-3)+0(4)-6}{\sqrt{(1)^2+(-3)^2+(4)^2}}\right| \\ & =\left|\frac{-6}{\sqrt{1+9+16}}\right|=\frac{6}{\sqrt{26}} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (10 May Shift 2)

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