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Question Number 31264 by ajfour last updated on 04/Mar/18
Find the shortest distance from the  plane r^� .n^� =q  to the sphere   ∣r^� −r_0 ^� ∣=R  .
Findtheshortestdistancefromtheplaner¯.n¯=qtothespherer¯r¯0∣=R.
Commented by ajfour last updated on 04/Mar/18
Commented by ajfour last updated on 05/Mar/18
let the shortest distance be d_s .   ∣(r_0 ^� −r_A ^� ).n^�  ∣=R+d_s   ⇒   d_s =((∣r_0 ^� .n^� −q∣)/(∣n^� ∣))−R  .
lettheshortestdistancebeds.(r¯0r¯A).n^∣=R+dsds=r¯0.n¯qn¯R.

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