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Find an equation for the surface consisting of all points P for which the distance from P to the x-axis is twice the distance from P to the yz-plane. Identify the surface.

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The equation for the surface consisting of all points P for which the distance from P to the x-axis is twice the distance from P to the yz-plane can be found by using the distance formula in three dimensions.

Let (x, y, z) be a point P on the surface. The distance from P to the x-axis is |x|, and the distance from P to the yz-plane is sqrt(y^2 + z^2). Setting these two distances equal and solving for x, we get:

|x| = 2 * sqrt(y^2 + z^2)

x = 2 * sqrt(y^2 + z^2) if x >= 0

x = -2 * sqrt(y^2 + z^2) if x < 0

This is the equation for a hyperboloid of one sheet. The hyperboloid of one sheet is a three-dimensional surface with two connected components that are mirror images of each other across the x-axis.

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