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Plane meeting the axes with a given centroid of triangle ABC

This type of question, asked 3 times: 11 May 2023 S1, 11 Apr 2026 S1, 20 Apr 2026 S1. All 3 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    11 May 2023 S1

    120
    The plane 2x+3y+4z=12x + 3y + 4z = 1 meets X-axis in A, Y-axis in B and Z-axis in C. Then the centroid of △ABC\triangle ABC is

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  2. Question 2

    11 Apr 2026 S1

    96
    A plane meets the coordinate axes at points A, B and C, such that the centroid of a triangle ABC is (2,−23,12)\left(2, -\dfrac{2}{3}, \dfrac{1}{2}\right). The perpendicular distance from the origin to this plane is...

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  3. Question 3

    20 Apr 2026 S1

    95
    A plane meets the co-ordinate axes in A, B, C such that the centroid of the triangle ABC is the point (1,r,r2)(1, r, r^2), then the equation of the plane is,

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