1. Give the projection of \(P = \left( {3, - 4,6} \right)\) onto the three coordinate planes.
Show SolutionThere really isn’t a lot to do with this problem. We know that the \(xy\)-plane is given by the equation \(z = 0\) and so the projection into the \(xy\)-plane for any point is simply found by setting the \(z\) coordinate to zero. We can find the projections for the other two coordinate planes in a similar fashion.
So, the projects are then,
\(xy\) – plane : \(\left( {3, - 4,0} \right)\)
\(xz\) – plane : \(\left( {3,0,6} \right)\)
\(yz\) – plane : \(\left( {0, - 4,6} \right)\)