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AP EAMCET · Maths · Three Dimensional Geometry

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. A \(\frac{11}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{-7}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{179}}\)
  2. B \(\frac{9}{\sqrt{134}}, \frac{-7}{\sqrt{134}}, \frac{2}{\sqrt{134}}\)
  3. C \(\frac{11}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{7}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{-3}{\sqrt{179}}\)
  4. D \(\frac{9}{\sqrt{134}}, \frac{7}{\sqrt{134}}, \frac{-2}{\sqrt{134}}\)
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(A) \(\frac{11}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{-7}{\sqrt{179}}, \frac{3}{\sqrt{179}}\)

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Let \(A=(2,-1,5)\) and \(C=(5,2,1)\) \(\therefore\) Equation of plane passing through \(A, B, C\) is…