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A variable plane is at a constant distance p from the origin and meets the coordinate axes in A,B and C. Show that the locus of the centroid of the tetrahedron OABC is `(1)/(x^2)+(1)/(y^2)+(1)/(z^2)=(16)/(p^2)`.

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