document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=473815>Question 473815</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me find the exact value of the shortest distance from the origin to each line.  This question does not give me a point and I don't know how to do it without.  The question is:  y=x-4 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #325013 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=325013\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the equation is in slope-intercept form ___ the slope is one, and the y-intercept is -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the line forms an isosceles right triangle; with the line as the hypotenuse and the x and y axes as the legs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ the vertex is the origin\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the distance from the origin to the line is the altitude of the triangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ or the distance to the midpoint of the hypotenuse, located at (2,-2) </SPAN>\n" );
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