Question

Find the distance between y = -4x + 5 and y = -4x + 7

Answer 1

2 units

Explanation:

The distance between two lines can vary, but we can calculate the distance between the y- intercepts.

We have that the equation in slope-intercept form is

`y=mx+b`

since they have the same slope

`\begin{gathered} y=-4x+5 \\ b=5 \\ y=-4x+7​ \\ b=7 \end{gathered}`

The distance is:

`7-5=2`

Therefore, we can say that a distance between both lines is 2 units