Madeline hosted a dinner party at her favorite restaurant. She had to pay $15 per guest. The restaurant took $60 off the bill du
e to a mistake in the order. If the final bill is $675, how many guests attended the dinner party?
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2. Use formula to find the distance from point
to the line Ax+By+C=0.
The second line has equation y=3x-20, that is 3x-y-20=0. By the previous formula the distance from the point (0,10) to the line 3x-y-20=0 is:
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3. Since lines y=3x+10 and y=3x-20 are parallel, then the distance between these lines are the same as the distance from an arbitrary point from the first line to the second line.
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