document.write( "Question 164587This question is from textbook Geometry Glencoe Mathematics
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\n" ); document.write( "2. x= 4 x= -2
\n" ); document.write( "3. y=2x + 2 y= 2x - 3
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1. Each block is 1 unit. Distance is 4 units.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2.Distance is 6 units.
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\n" ); document.write( "A line perpendicular to the parallel lines will have a slope that satisfies this relationship,
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\n" ); document.write( "The equation of the line that has that slope and goes through point (0,2) (that is, intersects y=2x+2 at (0,2))is
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\n" ); document.write( "This new line intersects line y=2x-3 at the following x,
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\n" ); document.write( "The distance between the lines equals the distance between (0,2) and (2,1).
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\n" ); document.write( "\"D%5E2=4%2B1\"
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