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Question
Determine the distance between the pair of parallel lines:
8x + 15y − 34 = 0 and 8x + 15y + 31 = 0
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Solution
The parallel lines are
8x + 15y − 34 = 0 ... (1)
8x + 15y + 31 = 0 ... (2)
Let d be the distance between the given lines.
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