SOLUTION: Find the distance from the point (-1,6) to the line y=2x-1.

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: Find the distance from the point (-1,6) to the line y=2x-1. This question is from textbook

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SOLVING THE TWO EQUATIONS Y=2X-1 & Y=-X/2+11/2 WE GET 2X-1=-X/2+11/2 OR
2.5X=13/2 OR X=(13/2)/2.5 OR X=2.6 THEN Y=2*2.6-1 OR Y=5.2-1 OR Y=4.2
THUS THE SOLUTION/INTERSECTION IS (2.6,4.2)