Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematical-methods-i-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2014-resit/9/solution

Normalize the normal vector , whose Euclidean norm is . The plane has the form
The scalar is the signed perpendicular distance from the origin in the chosen unit normal direction; the unsigned distance is . The nearest point is .

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