What is the perpendicular distance of a point (2, 3) from the line 2x - 4y + 3 = 0?

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 1992 Subject: General Mathematics

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What is the perpendicular distance of a point (2, 3) from the line 2x - 4y + 3 = 0?
Answer Details
2x - 4y + 3 = 0
Required distance =  ( 2 × 2 ) + 3 ( ? 4 ) + 3 2 2 + ( ? 4 ) 2
=  4 ? 12 + 3 20
=  ? 5 ? 2 5

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