Thread: Gradient-intercept form of a plane?

Hi Does anyone know what is meant by "the gradient-intercept form of a plane"?

I have found the general form of the equation which is , but I've never heard of a gradient-intercept form before. I'm a math tutor trying to help someone with their homework and I stumbled upon this new term.

I make use of gradients for tangent planes, but ...

Originally Posted by VonNemo19;684849I have found the general form of the equation which is [TEX

10x-3y-11z=-20[/TEX], but I've never heard of a gradient-intercept form before.

I have never seen that term. But here is a guess.

Maybe something like (I'm guessing here, too)



where is your gradient, and is the intercept? The second is definitely a point in the plane.