Use intercepts to help sketch the plane. 4x + y + 3z = 12 x-intercept x = y-intercept y = z-intercept z =
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Setting y = 0 and z = 0, we have: 4x + 0 + 3(0) = 12 4x = 12 x = 3 So the x-intercept is (3, 0, 0). Show more…
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