<PRE><B>Question 1150216</B>
Find the distance between two parallel lines having the following equations: y=3/8x+4 y=3/8x-5
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Assuming you mean y = (3/8)x + 4 and y = (3/8)x - 5
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The distance between the y-intercepts is 9.
The angles of both lines wrt the x-axis is atan(3/8)
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The angle between the line perpendicular to the given lines and y-axis is also atan(3/8)
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distance between the given lines = 9*cos(atan(3/8)) = ~ 8.427 units

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