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find the distance between lines whose equations are: y=-1/4x+2 and y=-1/4x-9/4.

d=ã(1-(-3)^2 +(1-2)^2
10 years ago

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Answered by Steve
I get

|2+9/4|/√(1/16 + 1)
= (17/4)/√(17/4)
= √17/2

To see how, take a look at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_between_two_straight_lines
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