What is the shortest distance from a point to a line?

the perpendicular distance to the line is the shortest.

Its perpendicular distance.

The length of a line segment that starts at the point and is perpendicular to the original line.

A line is the shortest distance between two points. I can't understand what this question asks, but it seems to be asking for that particular answer.

No it is measured from the edge

The shortest distance is displacement and total distance is length.

The shortest distance from the beginning point to the end point. The shortest distance from the beginning point to the end point.

A "Great circle". A straight line on a Mercator projection is a "rhumb line", and is not the shortest distance.

It the point is on the line the distance is 0. If the point is not on the line, then it is possible to draw a unique line from the point to the line which is perpendicular to the line. The distance from the point to the line is the distance along this perpendicular to the line.

The shortest path is a line perpendicular to the given line that passes through the given point.

The shortest distance between the two points is zero

The shortest distance between four points is a straight line to and from each individual point. If all four points are aligned, the result will be a single straight line through all four points.

At their point of crossing, the space between two crossnig line is 0. From any point on either line you can always drop a perpendicular to the other line and this will be the shortest distance from that point to the other line.

In plane geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a line. In spherical geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a segment of a great circle. The distance between one point and another is known as the displacement.

The distance postulate is such: the shortest distance between two points is a line.(xy, x-y) The distance postulate is such: the shortest distance between two points is a line.(xy, x-y)

The shortest distance from Seattle to the nearest point on the International Date Line is 2,090 miles, to the point just west of Wales, Alaska, where the line separates Alaska from Siberia.

. . . is the segment perpendicular to the line.

If you translate (move without rotation) a copy of the line towards the curve, the first point where the line touches the curve (the tangent to the curve with the slope of the original line) will be the point on the curve closest to the line. Draw a connecting line from this tangent point to the original line, intersecting that original line at right angles. Measure the connecting segment. It is the shortest distance. Vector…

A line that is perpendicular to the given line and passes through the given point.

The shortest distance between 2 parallel lines is a perpendicular drawn between 2 parallel lines the diagram shows it clearly 1 parallel line ------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | the vertical line is the shortest distance | | ------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd parallel line

Line = the shortest distance between two points.

A line is the shortest distance between two points.

A Straight Line is always the shortest distance between two points.

When you curve the line you are travelling you are no longer going directly from one point to the other. If you want to go from one point to another you would want to go directly to the second point.

If the two lines are parallel, then the shortest distance between them is a single, fixed quantity. It is the distance between any point on one line along the perpendicular to the line. Now consider the situation where the two lines meet at a point X, at an angle 2y degrees. Suppose you wish to find points on the lines such that the shortest distance between them is 2d units. [The reason for using multiples…