Find two non-parallel vectors both parallel to or "in" the plane and
take their cross product to find a normal vector n to the plane.
Then the equation of the plane will be this dot product set equal to 0
so that the normal be perpendictular to the plane.
n
or
which is known as the "point-normal" form of the equation of a plane:
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To find two nonparallel vectors both parallel to or "in" the plane, we subtract
coordinates of any two pairs of the points to find two such vectors:
Now we cross those two vectors to get a vector which is perpendicular to
both those vectors, and therefore perpendicular (normal) to the plane.
n =
So substituting in the point-normal equation of a plane:
Edwin