Problem 450. What is the distance from point P(x,y) to the line Ax + By + C = 0?

Solution 3650643

Submitted on 13 Nov 2020 by Steve Eddins

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Test	Status	Code Input and Output
1	Pass	x=2; y=2; A=2; B=2; C=-4; y_correct = 1.4142; assert(abs(normalLen(x,y,A,B,C)-y_correct)<=1e-4)
2	Pass	x=3; y=4; A=3; B=4; C=5; y_correct = 6; assert(normalLen(x,y,A,B,C)-y_correct==0)
3	Pass	x=4; y=5; A=3; B=4; C=5; y_correct = 7.4; display(normalLen(x,y,A,B,C)) assert(abs(normalLen(x,y,A,B,C)-y_correct)<1e-1) 7.4000
4	Pass	x=0;y=12345;A=0;B=1;C=0; y_correct = 12345; display(normalLen(x,y,A,B,C)) assert(abs(normalLen(x,y,A,B,C)-y_correct)==0) 12345
5	Pass	x=0;y=-12345;A=0;B=1;C=0; y_correct = 12345; display(normalLen(x,y,A,B,C)) assert(abs(normalLen(x,y,A,B,C)-y_correct)==0) 12345

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