Question 12 Marks
How many lines can be drawn which are perpendicular to a given line and pass through a given point lying outside it?
Answer
View full question & answer→Perpendicular line from a given point to a given line is the shortest distance between them.
Only one shortest distance is possible.
Thus, only one perpendicular line is possible from the given point (outside the line) to a given line.
Only one shortest distance is possible.
Thus, only one perpendicular line is possible from the given point (outside the line) to a given line.