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Further Maths Vectors past paper question, Really struggling

Hi, I am really struggling with this question and would really appreciate some help
Original post by UserName734
Hi, I am really struggling with this question and would really appreciate some help

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Hang on let me find my magnifying glass.
Original post by UserName734
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Needs a higher resolution image - it's <5k. Even blown up it's unreadable.
Original post by ghostwalker
Needs a higher resolution image - it's <5k. Even blown up it's unreadable.

sorry let my try and get a better one
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Original post by UserName734
sorry let my try and get a better one

Please also explain where you're stuck and post your working.
Original post by Notnek
Please also explain where you're stuck and post your working.

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Original post by UserName734
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so basically I am ok with everything apart from part e where I have no idea what to do, I know that the vector of R to the point on the plane is parallel to the normal and so the dot product will be zero but because the point on the plane has two unknowns I cant work it out
this tells you how to work out the distance from a point to a plane:

https://mathinsight.org/distance_point_plane

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