What are the coordinates of the feet of the perpendicular drawn from the point P(3, 4, 5) to the yz-plane?
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What are the coordinates of the feet of the perpendicular drawn from the point P(3, 4, 5) to the yz-plane?

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The foot of the perpendicular from a point $(x, y, z)$ to the yz-plane has coordinates $(0, y, z)$. For P(3, 4, 5), the coordinates are $(0, 4, 5)$.

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