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ElijahRockers
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Homework Statement
Find the equation of the surface that is equidistant from the plane x=1, and the point (-1,0,0).
The Attempt at a Solution
Okay, if I set the distance from the surface to the point, and the distance from the surface to the plane as being equal, I should have the equation. Soo..? I can tell intuitively that the surface is going to be a circular paraboloid that opens toward the point, with its vertex on the origin, but I'm not sure how to begin this one...
I tried transposing the problem down to 2 dimensions, and finding the equation of the parabola that is equidistant between a point and a line, but I keep getting lost.