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JEE Main 27 August 2021, Shift 1, Maths Q72

Question 72 of 90 in this shift, Maths question 12 of 30, Section A.

Equation of a plane at a distance

\sqrt{\frac{2}{21}}

from the origin, which contains the line of intersection of the planes

x-y-z-1=0

and

2x+y-3z+4=0

, is :

(1) $3x-4z+3=0$
(2) $-x+2y+2z-3=0$
(3) $3x-y-5z+2=0$
(4) $4x-y-5z+2=0$ Official answer

Official answer

Option 4

NTA final key.

Chapter: Three Dimensional Geometry
Topic: Planes in 3D
Idea tested: Family of Planes

Same idea in other shifts

Asked 15× in all

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26 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q27The plane passing through the line $L: lx-y+3(1-l)z=1,\ x+2y-z=2$ and perpendicular to the plane $3x+2y+z=6$ is $3x-8y+7z=4$ . If $\theta$ …HardNumerical value
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Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA; answer from the final answer key. Chapter, topic and idea tags, difficulty and skill are Lumi’s. Lumi analyses 108 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.