Condition for a Plane to Touch a Sphere

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Condition for a Plane to Touch a Sphere

A plane touches a sphere exactly when:

$$\text{Distance from centre to plane}=\text{radius}$$

Usage

- Used as the fundamental tangency condition for sphere-plane problems.

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