1.   Find an equation of the line that bisects the acute angles formed by the lines with equations 3x + 4y = 8 and 5x + 12y = 16.
    A. 14x + 8y - 23 = 0 B. 14x + 8y + 23 = 0
    C. 8x + 14y - 23 = 0 D. 8x + 14y + 23 = 0
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  2.   What is the distance from the origin to the graph of 3x + 4y + 12 = 0?
    A. 12 B.
    C. D. 5
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  3.   Find the distance between P(5, -3) and the line with equation
5x + 12y = 18.
    A. B.
    C. 13 D.
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  4.   PQR has vertices P(5, 8), Q(9, 5), and R(3, 2). Find the length of the altitude of PQR through point P (PQR Is not a right triangle, so there is only one altitude through P).
    A. B.
    C. 5 D.
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  5.   Find the distance between the lines given by the equations y = x - and 2x - 5y = 28.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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