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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2019 Paper 2 11 b Solution by
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Two directions within the plane areTheir cross product is , so a unit vector normal to the plane isIts negative is equally valid. An equation of a plane through three points in vector form isor, parametrically, . Since the coordinate sum of is one, the Cartesian equation of a plane isThe distance from a point to a plane is the absolute normal displacement, giving
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