What is the distance of the point from the line ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 31/10
- Step 1: Recall the formula for the distance from point to line : .
- Step 2: Plug in the given values: the numerator is , and the denominator is .
- Step 3: Simplifying the ratio produces .
Answer
31/10.
Why not the others: 31 computes the numerator without dividing by ; 31/11 uses an incorrect distance denominator or incorrect numerator coefficient or dropped term; 16/5 uses an incorrect distance denominator or incorrect numerator coefficient or dropped term.
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