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Find the shortest distance between lines

and.

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Solution

The given lines are

It is known that the shortest distance between two lines, and , is given by

Comparing to equations (1) and (2), we obtain

Substituting all the values in equation (1), we obtain

Therefore, the shortest distance between the two given lines is 9 units.


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