document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1076091>Question 1076091</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The shortest distance between any point P(m,n) and a line with equation  Ax+By+C = 0 is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "given by the formula D= (|Am+Bn+C|)/sqrt(A^2+B^2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose you have a line -3x+4y-8=0 and a point P(1,5), what is the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "shortest distance from the point to the line?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute the numbers to the formula and calculate !\r<BR>\n" );
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