SOLUTION: find the directed distance from the line to the point. 12x+5y-6=0; (4, -6)

Question 1014214: find the directed distance from the line to the point.
12x+5y-6=0; (4, -6)
Answer by ikleyn(52864) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1 The distance is not directed. 
  It is the number, the value.


2. See the lesson The distance from a point to a straight line in a coordinate plane in this site,
   explaining how to find the distance from the point to a straight line in a coordinate plane.

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