Find the equation of the plane passing through $(a, b, c)$ and parallel to the plane $\vec{r} \cdot(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})=2$
Any plane parallel to the plane, $\vec{r}_{1} \cdot(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})=2$, is of the form $\vec{r} \cdot(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})=\lambda$ ...(1)
The plane passes through the point $(a, b, c)$. Therefore, the position vector $\vec{r}$ of this point is $\vec{r}=a \hat{i}+b \hat{j}+c \hat{k}$
Therefore, equation (1) becomes
$(a \hat{i}+b \hat{j}+c \hat{k}) \cdot(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})=\lambda$
$\Rightarrow a+b+c=\lambda$
Substituting $\lambda=a+b+c$ in equation (1), we obtain
$\vec{r} \cdot(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})=a+b+c$ ...(2)
This is the vector equation of the required plane.
Substituting $\vec{r}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$ in equation (2), we obtain
$(x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}) \cdot(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})=a+b+c$
$\Rightarrow x+y+z=a+b+c$
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