Question

The length through perpendicular gives the shortest length from a point to the line.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me during an online interview.

My doubt is from Construction of Parallel & Perpendicular Lines topic in section Geometrical Construction of Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) True

To elaborate: The statement given here is right. If we need the shortest distance from a point to the line, then drawing perpendicular along the point to a line is the best method. Since the perpendicular is the line which has points equidistant from points either side of given line.