SOLUTION: the shortest segment joining a point to a line is the perpendicular segment from the point to the line, true or false?

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Question 844050: the shortest segment joining a point to a line is the perpendicular segment from the point to the line, true or false?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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True, as long as the point is not on the line.