SOLUTION: Find the minimum distance the line 2x - 3y + 6 = 0 is from the origin.
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Question 964026: Find the minimum distance the line 2x - 3y + 6 = 0 is from the origin.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The line is above the origin where x=0.
Find the line containing the origin and having slope .
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Find the intersection point of and .
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Intersection point, , ;
Use either Pythagorean Theorem or the Distance formula to find length or distance from (0,0) to (-12/13, 18/13).
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