In geometry, the distance from a point to a line is defined to be the length of the perpendicular segment. What is the distance from a point to a segment defined as?
1 Answer
Definition:
The distance between two geometric objects is the shortest one among all possible distances between two points, one of which belongs to one object and another point - to another object.
Explanation:
Assume we have a segment
Drop a perpendicular from point
There are three cases to consider.
Case 1:
Then
Case 2:
Then
Case 3:
Then