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Find the length of the perpendicular from the point (a,b) to the line `(x)/(a)+(y)/(b)=1`

Answer» The given point is P(a,b) and the given line is `bx+ay-ab=0`
Let d be the length of the perpendicular from P(a,b) to the line bx+ay-ab=0
`"Then",d=(|bxxa+axxb-ab|)/(sqrt(b^(2)+a^(2)))=(|ab|)/(sqrt(a^(2)+b^(2)))"units"`


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