1.   Find the distance between the lines with equations x + 2y = 6 and
y = -x + 2.
    A. B.
    C. D.
    Hint

  2.   Find the distance between P(5, -3) and the line with equation
5x + 12y = 18.
    A. 13 B.
    C. D.
    Hint

  3.   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. 5 B.
    C. D.
    Hint

  4.   Find the distance from the origin to the graph of 2x + y = 15.
    A. undefined (cannot divide by zero) B.
    C. D.
    Hint

  5.   Find the distance between the lines given by the equations y = x - and 2x - 5y = 28.
    A. B.
    C. D.
    Hint



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