IB skill practice

Find distances from points to planes

Use plane equations and normals to calculate perpendicular distance.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Find distances from points to planes - visual identity structure

For a point and plane, the absolute plane residual is 6 and the normal length is 3. Enter the perpendicular distance.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.