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{{Short description|Aspecta ofproblem in coordinate geometry}}

In [[Euclidean geometry]], the '''distance from a point to a line''' is the shortest [[Euclidean distance|distance]] from a given [[Point (geometry)|point]] to any point on an infinite [[Line (mathematics)|straight line]]. It is the [[perpendicular distance]] of the point to the line, the length of the [[line segment]] which joins the point to nearest point on the line. The formula for calculating it can be derived and expressed in several ways.