7 Find the intercepts cut off by the plane 2x + y – z = 5.
Given plane
We have to find the intercepts that this plane would make so,
Making it look like intercept form first:
By dividing both sides of the equation by 5 (as we have to make the R.H.S =1) , we get then,
So, as we know that from the equation of a plane in intercept form, where a,b,c are the intercepts cut off by the plane at x,y, and z-axes respectively.
Therefore after comparison, we get the values of a,b, and c.
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Hence the intercepts are .