Use Lagrange multipliers to show that the shortest distance from the point (x0,y0,z0) to the plane ax+by+cz=d Is...

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Use Lagrange multipliers to show that the shortest distance fromthe point (x0,y0,z0)

to the plane ax+by+cz=d

Is it the perpendicular distance?(Remind yourself of the equation of the line perpendicular to the plane.)

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