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Saturday, August 8, 2015

2015/078) Find the equation of the sphere passing (a,0,0), (0,b,0), (0,0,c) and (0,0,0)

the general equation of sphere

x^2+y^2+z^2+mx +ny + rz = p^2


as it passes through (0,0,0) put (x,y,z) = (0,0,0) to get p^2 = 0 or p = 0


as it passes through (a,0,0) put (x,y,z) = (a,0,0) to get a^2 + ma = 0 or m = -a


similarly n = -b and r = -c and we get equation as

x^2+y^2+z^2 - ax - by - cz = 0

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for all of this!
Greatly appreciated!