The floor of the banquet hall in a hotel is made of polished stone. There is a large chandelier attached to the ceiling of the hall. Consider floor of the hotel as a plane having the equation x - y + z = 4 and chandelier is suspended at the point (1, 0, 1) from the wall. On the basis of above information, answer the following questions. |
The equation of the plane in the banquet hall parallel to the x - y + z = 4, and at a unit distance from the point (1, 0, 1), is : |
$x-y-z=6+\sqrt{3}$ $x-y+z=2-\sqrt{3}$ $x-2y+z=4$ $x-y+z=4-\sqrt{3}$ |
$x-y+z=2-\sqrt{3}$ |
$\text{Given plane: }x-y+z=4.$ $\text{Any plane parallel to it: }x-y+z+d=0.$ $\text{Distance from }(1,0,1)\text{ to plane }x-y+z+d=0 \text{ is }1.$ $\frac{|1-0+1+d|}{\sqrt{1^2+(-1)^2+1^2}}=1.$ $\frac{|2+d|}{\sqrt{3}}=1.$ $|2+d|=\sqrt{3}.$ $d=-2\pm\sqrt{3}.$ $\text{Plane: }x-y+z-2\pm\sqrt{3}=0.$ $\text{Required planes: }x-y+z-2+\sqrt{3}=0 \text{ or } x-y+z-2-\sqrt{3}=0.$ |