Python. Find the distance from a point to a line, knowing the coordinates of this point?

Question

Python

The coordinates of the line and some point on the plane are known. How to find the shortest distance between this line and a point?

Answer 1

Make an equation of a straight line of the form a*x+b*y+c=0.
Substitute the coordinates of the point into this equation. Take modulo and divide by sqrt(a^2+b^2).