Question 1198667: Find the distance between point p and line L. line L contains points (4,-1) and (4,9). point p has coordinates (1,6)
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A similar proplem:
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Find the distance between point P and line L. line L contains points (-8,1) and (3,1). point p has coordinates (-2,4)
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The 2 points for line L have the same y value of 1, so it's parallel to the x-axis, and 1 unit above it.
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The y value of P is 4 ---> the distance is 3 units.
Answer by ikleyn(52858)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Find the distance between point p and line L.
line L contains points (4,-1) and (4,9). point p has coordinates (1,6)
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Points (4,-1) and (4,9) have the same x-coordinate of 4,
so the line L through these points is vertical x = 4.
Point P has coordinates (1,6), so the distance to the line L is 4-1 = 3. ANSWER
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