Distance between two parallel lines: Difference between revisions

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== Formula and proof ==

Because the lines are parallelfarting, the perpendicular distance between them is a constant, so it does not matter which point is chosen to measure the distance. Given the equations of two non-vertical parallel lines

:<math>y = mx+b_1\,</math>