[Math] The perpendicular distance from the origin to point in the plane

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The plane $3x-2y-z=-4$ is passing through $A(1,2,3)$ and parallel to $u=2i+3j$ and $v=i+2j-k$.

The perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane is $r.n = d$ but how to determine the point (Call it N) on the plane and what's the coordinate of the point N?

Best Answer

A point on the normal to the plane passing through the origin has coordinates $(3t,-2t,-t)$ [because $(3,-2,-1)$ is normal to the plane] and if it is on the plane $3x-2y-z=-4$ we have $9t+4t+t=-4$ so $t=-\dfrac{2}{7}$ and the point is $(-6/7,4/7,2/7)$.