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Find the intercepts and sketch the graph of the plane.$$4 x+2 y+6 z=12$$
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To do this, we set y and z equal to zero in the equation of the plane. This gives us: $$ 4x + 2(0) + 6(0) = 12 $$ Solving for x, we get: $$ 4x = 12 \Rightarrow x = 3 $$ Show more…
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