1. What is the shortest distance from a point to a line?
2 answers:
Answer: The correct option is (A) a perpendicular segment.
Step-by-step explanation: We are given to select the correct option that is the shortest distance from a point to a line.
We know that the shortest distance from a point to a line is equal to the length of the line segment drawn from the point to the line such that it is perpendicular to the line.
So, the shortest distance is a perpendicular line segment drawn from the point to the line.
A point P and its shortest distance PC to the line AB is shown in the attached figure. Definitely, PC will be perpendicular to AB.
Thus, the correct option is (A).
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