Distance From A Point To A Line

The Distance between two points is given by
   D = √ (dp² + dq²);
Where ‘D’ is the distance;
‘P’ is the coordinates of x – axis;
‘Q’ is the coordinates of y – axis;
‘dp’ is the difference between the x – coordinates of the points;
And ‘dq’ is the difference between the y – coordinates of the points.
Suppose we have coordinates of the points then we use the above formula for finding the distance between the coordinates of the Point.
Or in other words the length of the line segment is also said to be the distance of a line.
The Distance From a Point to a Line when the coordinates are: (p₁, q₁) and (p₂, q₂);
Then the distance between two points is given by the pythagoras theorem:
   D = √ (p₂ - p₁)² + (q₂ - q₁)²;
And the formula for three coordinates (p₁, q₁, r₁) and (p₂, q₂, r₂) then the distance between three points is given by:
   D = √ (p₂ - p₁)² + (q₂ - q₁)²+ (r₂ - r₁)²;
And in general the distance between two points ‘p’ and ‘q’ is given by:
D = |p – q| = √∑_{a = 1}|p_a – q_a|²,
Suppose we have the coordinates of a points are (5, 8) and (-9, -3) then find the distance between two points.
We know that the coordinates of the points is (p₁, q₁) and (p₂, q₂);
Here the value of p₁ = 5;
And the value of p₂ = -9;
The value of q₁ = 8;
The value of q₂ = -3;
Then the distance between two points is:
The formula for finding the distance between two points is:
   D = √ (p₂ - p₁)² + (q₂ - q₁)²;
Then put the values in the given formula:
   D = √ ((-9) - 5)² + ((-3) - 8)²;
On further solving we get:
   D = √ (14)² + (-11)²;
   D = √ 196 + 121;
   D = √317;
   D = 17.80.
So the distance from point to line is 17.80.