Can someone please help me with vectors. For some reason, whenever I do any of the maths involving finding the distance between a point and a line, the answers never match. Can someone give me a tip on how to solve this type of problems.
When I solve it I find the unit vector in the direction of the line. Let's call it u. I also find the vector of a line from a part of r=a+tb. Let's call it c.
I find c.u, |c| and take the shortest distance as sqrt{(c.u)^2+(|c|)^2}
Could somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks
When I solve it I find the unit vector in the direction of the line. Let's call it u. I also find the vector of a line from a part of r=a+tb. Let's call it c.
I find c.u, |c| and take the shortest distance as sqrt{(c.u)^2+(|c|)^2}
Could somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks
