Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #12061: Distance between point and line - Poorly Worded Problem
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-25 04:57:55+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, vista, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: phillipzhao.meng@gmail.com

The question "Find the distance between the point (x,y) and line y= mx+b" is poorly worded as the distance from one point on the line or another to the point is different. No video, and a suggestion is to add the word "shortest" to distance.

[distance_between_point_and_line.html?seed=23&problem=original](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/distance_between_point_and_line.html?seed=23&problem=original&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/distance_between_point_and_line.html?seed=23&problem=original&debug&activity=%5B%5D)

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