Equation of a Plane

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Given a fixed point and a nonzero vector
, the set of points
in
for which
is orthogonal to
is a plane. The plane passing through the point
with normal vector
is described by the equation
. This Demonstration shows the result of changing the initial point or the normal vector.
Contributed by: Laura R. Lynch (May 2014)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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"Equation of a Plane"
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Published: May 29 2014