Lesson 3.6Prove Theorems
about Perpendicular Lines
Objective
• Find the distance between a point and a line
Standard
• 7.0 – Students prove and use theorems involving the properties of parallel lines cut by a transversal
Academic Language
• Distance from a point to a line
Example
Example
Distance from a point to a line
• The distance from a point to a line is the length of the perpendicular segment from the point to the line
Prove
Homework
• p.194 #1, 4, 6, 7, 22, 23, 31, 45