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Write an equation of a plane through P(5,1,4) and parallel to the plane with
equation x + y − 2z = 0.
Thus the two planes has parallel normal vectors, and so we can use n = (1,1, −2) as a
normal vector of both planes. The answer is
(x − 5) + (y − 1) + (−2)(z − 4) = 0.