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Question
Determine the distance between the pair of parallel lines:
4x + 3y − 11 = 0 and 8x + 6y = 15
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Solution
The given parallel lines can be written as
4x + 3y − 11 = 0 ... (1)
Let d be the distance between the given lines.
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