The foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin to the plane $2x - 3y + 4z = 29$ is:

  • A
    $(5, -1, 4)$
  • B
    $(2, -3, 4)$
  • C
    $(7, -1, 3)$
  • D
    $(5, -2, 3)$

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