celebrityrose000
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Find the distance of the point (3,0) from the line
y=1/2x+1
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Do I have to find the equation for a line perpendicular to this one in order to solve the problem?
If so I think the slope of the line would be 2. So y=2x+b......but I don't know how to get the b value (or the y-intercept). And I'm just confused about how to set this problem up to solve for it.
y=1/2x+1
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Do I have to find the equation for a line perpendicular to this one in order to solve the problem?
If so I think the slope of the line would be 2. So y=2x+b......but I don't know how to get the b value (or the y-intercept). And I'm just confused about how to set this problem up to solve for it.