How to Find Plane Intersection in FCC Lattice Primitive Unit Cell

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Homework Statement


Consider a plane (hkl) in a fcc lattice, show the correspond miller indices (h1k1l1) in the primitive unit cell.


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The Attempt at a Solution


so (hkl) intersect a/h,a/k,a/l in the fcc lattice right?
but in the primitive unit cell of fcc, i cannot determine the plane's intersection.
Are there any formula for this?
Thanks.
 
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