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OpenStudy (ksaimouli):

find the distance

OpenStudy (ksaimouli):

from the point P(1,1,1) to the line passing through the points Q(2,0,l) and R(0,3,2)

OpenStudy (ksaimouli):

@myininaya

myininaya (myininaya):

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Point-LineDistance3-Dimensional.html It looks like we can use that one formula I think.

myininaya (myininaya):

I don't know. :(

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

or if you're familiar wid cross product, u may use the fact that cross product gives area of parallelogram. The height of parallelogram is the required distance : \(d|PQ| = PQ \times PR \)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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