Practicing Success
Consider a pyramid OPQRS located in the first octant with O as origin, and OP and OR along the x-axis and y-axis respectively. The base OPQR is of the pyramid is a square with OP = 3. The point S is directly above the mid point T of the diagonal OQ such that TS = 3. The equation of the plane containing the triangle OQS, is |
x - y = 0 y - z = 0 z - x = 0 x - y - z = 0 |
x - y = 0 |
We are given three points (0, 0, 0), (3, 3, 0), (3/2, 3/2, 0) so plane passing through these $⇒\begin{vmatrix}x-0&y-0&z-0\\3-0&3-0&0-0\\3/2-0&3/2-0&0-0\end{vmatrix}=0$ $⇒x-y=0$ |