document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=240112>Question 240112</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the distance between two parallel lines defined by the equations 3x+4y+5=0 and 3x+4y+2=0 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #176060 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=176060\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> d=|Ax[0]+By[0]+C|/sqrt(A^2+B^2) distance formula from a point to another line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where x[0] and y[0] are the point and Ax+By+C=0 is the line.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+4y+5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y=-3x-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3x/4 - 5/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0, -5/4) is a point on the line.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+4y+2=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=|3(0)+4(-5/4)+2|/sqrt(3^2+4^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=|-5+2|/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=3/5<BR>\n" );
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