If two planes don’t intersect, they will always be parallel. Meaning, the distance between the two planes always stays the same. For that reason, you always check whether two planes are parallel before finding the distance between them. If they are, you can use the equation for the distance between a point and a plane. Just pick a point in the plane
Following this method will make sure you do it correctly:
Rule
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be the equation of the plane
Example 1
You have these two planes:
Find the distance between them.
The normal vector to