What is the distance between point G (4,2) and the line through the points E(1,-2) and F(7, -2)? help please

4 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Required

Determine the distance

We need to calculate the equation of EF

But first, we calculate the slope (m)

Where

So:

The equation is then calculated as:

Where

and

So, we are to calculate the distance between point and line

The distance is calculated using:

In , we have:

A general equation has as its format

By comparison

becomes

Hence, the distance is 4 units

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