Question

find the distance from (-6,-1) to the line defined by y=2x+6. Express as a radical or a number rounded to the nearest hundreth

Answer 1

have you tried graphing this?

Answer 2

YES

Answer 3

ive graphed and the points I get are no the points I need to put into the distance formula

Answer 4

not*

Answer 5

what is the distance formula?

Answer 6

i'm thinking, before u even go ahead to do that, you should know which point on the line to which you're finding the distance... right?

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

correct?

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

distance from point to line

Answer 11

which part of the line are u finding the distance to? horizontally till it intersects? or vertically downward?

Answer 12

@satellite73 Please, how would u go about this question? what assumption would you make?