1.   Which of the following means that the distance between two lines measured along a perpendicular line to the line is always the same?
    A. equilateral B. equidistant
    C. equilibrate D. equivalent
    Hint

  2.   Which segment represents the distance from N to ?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
    Hint

  3.   Find the distance from K(0, -1) to the line whose equation is y = 2x + 4.
    A. B.
    C. D. 2
    Hint

  4.   Find the distance between the parallel lines m and n whose equations are
y = x + 4 and y = x - 6, respectively.
    A. B.
    C. D.
    Hint

  5.   The distance from a line to a point not on the line is the length of the segment _____ to the line from the point.
    A. perpendicular B. drawn
    C. between D. parallel
    Hint



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