SOLUTION: the shortest segment joining a point to a line is the perpendicular segment from the point to the line, true or false?
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Question 844050: the shortest segment joining a point to a line is the perpendicular segment from the point to the line, true or false?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
True, as long as the point is not on the line.
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