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A plane meets the coordinate axes in `A ,B ,C` such that the centroid of triangle `A B C` is the point `(p ,q ,r)dot` Show that the equation of the plane is `x/p+y/q+z/r=3.`

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`(x)/(p)+(y)/(q)+(z)/(c)=3`
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