The line equation is and the point is
.
Show that the distance from a point to the line
is
.
The normalized vector parallel to the line is
.
The normalized vector parallel to the normal to the line is .
Hence the scalar product of the two equations is zero.
\Draw the related diagram :
\The point is the any point on the line equation
.
The distance is the magnitude of proj of
on
.
Substitute .
Therefore, the distance from a point to the line
is
.
The point is .
The line equation is .
The general form of line equation is .
Here .
The distance from a point to the line
is
.
Substitute and
.
.
Therefore, the distance form a point to the line
is
.
The distance form a point to the line
is
.