What is the distance of the point from the line ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. 63/17

  1. Step 1: Calculate the distance using .
  2. Step 2: Evaluating the numerator gives , and the denominator is .
  3. Step 3: Dividing gives .
Answer
63/17.
Why not the others: 7/2 uses an incorrect distance denominator or incorrect numerator coefficient or dropped term; 63 computes the numerator without dividing by ; 64/17 uses an incorrect distance denominator or incorrect numerator coefficient or dropped term.

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