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JEE Main 31 August 2021, Shift 1, Maths Q76

Question 76 of 90 in this shift, Maths question 16 of 30, Section A.

Let the equation of the plane, that passes through the point

(1, 4, -3)

and contains the line of intersection of the planes

3x-2y+4z-7=0

and

x+5y-2z+9=0

, be

\alpha x+\beta y+\gamma z+3=0

, then

\alpha+\beta+\gamma

is equal to :

(1) $23$
(2) $15$
(3) $-15$
(4) $-23$ 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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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.