Find an equation of each tangent plane to a cone that is parallel to a given plane.

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Find an equation for each plane tangent to $K$ which is parallel to the plane $x-y+z=5$, where $K$ is the half-cone $z=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$

Let $f(x,y,z) = z-\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$.

To get the normal vector to the cone at the $(x,y,z)$, calculate the gradient of $f$: \begin{align*} \nabla f(x,y,z) &= \frac {2x}{-2\sqrt{x^2 + y^2}}\mathbf i+\frac{2y}{-2\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\mathbf j+\mathbf k \\ &=-\frac x {\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\mathbf i - \frac y {\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\mathbf j + \mathbf k. \end{align*}

Since we want the tangent plane to be parallel to the plane $x-y+z=5$, the normal vector has to be parallel to the vector $\mathbf i-\mathbf j+\mathbf k$ since this is normal to the plane ($x-y+z=5$). That is, \begin{gather} \require{cancel} -\frac x {\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\mathbf i - \frac y {\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\mathbf j + \cancel{\mathbf k} = c(\mathbf i - \mathbf j + \cancel{\mathbf k}) \qquad \text{constant $c = 1$} \\ \left.\begin{gathered} -\frac x z = 1 \implies \bbox[2.5pt,border:1pt solid black]{x = -z}\\ -\frac y z = 1 \implies \bbox[2.5pt,border:1pt solid black]{y = z} \end{gathered}\right\} \: \begin{gathered} \land z = \sqrt{x^2+y^2} \implies z = \sqrt{2z^2} \implies z=0 \\ \bbox[2.5pt,border:1pt solid black]{x=0,\,y=0} \end{gathered} \end{gather}

So $K$ has no tangent plane at the origin, which is parallel to $x-y+z=5$.

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This solution looks correct. However, there is one careless error towards the very end. Where you have: $$-\frac{y}{z} = 1$$ It should read: $$-\frac{y}{z} = -1$$

But, it appears to be a careless error, because you ended up correcting for it.