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Find the length of the perpendicular drawn from P to `bar(QR)` of the triangle with vertices at P (5,6), Q(-9,1) and R (-3,-1). If A be the mid-point of `bar(QR)`, show that `PQ^(2)+PR^(2)=2(AP^(2)+AQ^(2)).`

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