prove that there is only one plane that includes the point $P$ and parallel to $(Q)$?

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Problem :

If a point P doesnt lie on the plane $(Q)$

how to prove that there is only one

plane that includes the point $P$ and

parallel to $(Q)$ ?

I think use Linear correlation of vectors

but how I don't know ?

Calle $\vec{n}$ the vector normal of

plan $(Q)$ but how ? I complete

I already to see your solution !

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We want to give a (very simple) purely affine proof, without use of coordinates.

Let $\mathbb A$ denote an affine space with vector space associated $E$. If $P\in \mathbb A$, a (affine) plane $\pi$ of $\mathbb A$ through $P$ is a subspace of $\;\mathbb A\;$ of the form

$$ \pi = P + F $$

where $F$ is a vector subspace of $\;E\;$ with $\dim(F)=2$. Two planes

$$ P+F, \quad P'+F' $$

are parallel if and only if, by definition:

$$ F \subseteq F' \text{$\;\;$ or $\;\;$} F' \subseteq F $$

and therefore iff $\;F=F'$, since $\;\dim(F)=\dim(F')$.

We conclude that a plane through $P$ parallel to a given plane $Q+F$ is necessarily of the form $P+F$, what proves the existence and uniqueness.

Note that the hypothesis $P\notin Q+F$ was not used. The result is as such even if $P$ lies on the given plane $Q+F$. In that case we actually have

$$ P+F = Q + (P-Q) + F = Q + F $$

being $P-Q \in F$.