Thursday, December 4, 2008

Section 5.4.

Shortest Distance Theorem- the perpendicular segment from a point to a line is the shortest segment from the point to the line.


Triangle Inequality Theorem- the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the length of the third side.


Corollary 5.1- The perpendicular segment from apoint to a plane is the shortest segment from the point to the plane.

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