SOLUTION: find the closest distance between the line Y=2x -4 and the point (5,-4)
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Question 840983: find the closest distance between the line Y=2x -4 and the point (5,-4)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The closest distance of a point to a line is a perpendicular line through that point.
Perpendicular slopes have the relationship,
Use the point to solve for
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