Geometry: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281159
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-115-6

Chapter 5 - Relationships Within Triangles - Get Ready! - Page 281: 13

Answer

The distance between a point and a line would be the length of the shortest distance between a point and a line.

Work Step by Step

We are given than the distance between your home and you school is the length of the shortest path connecting them. So, we can conclude that the distance between a point and a line must be the length of the “shortest path” connecting them.
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