document.write( "Question 164587This question is from textbook Geometry Glencoe Mathematics
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document.write( ": Find the distance between each pair of parallel lines
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document.write( "1. y= -3 y= 1
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document.write( "2. x= 4 x= -2
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document.write( "3. y=2x + 2 y= 2x - 3 \n" );
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