Key term for AQA GCSE Mathematics, used in Properties and constructions.
The length of the shortest path from a point to a line, which always intersects the line at a right angle (90°).
Perpendicular distance appears in AQA GCSE Mathematics revision content for Geometry and measures, especially Properties and constructions and Constructions and Loci.
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