Question:
Find the distance between the parallel lines p(x + y) = q = 0 and p(x + y) – r =0
Solution:
Given: parallel lines $p(x+y)=q=0$ and $p(x+y)-r=0$
To find : distance between the parallel lines $p(x+y)-q=0$ and $p(x+y)-r=0$
Formula used: The distance between the parallel lines $a x+b y+c=0$ and $a x+b y+d$ $=0$ is,
$D=\frac{|d-c|}{\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}}$
The parallel lines are $p(x+y)-q=0$ and $p(x+y)-r=0$
The parallel lines are $p x+p y-q=0$ and $p x+p y-r=0$
Here $a=p, b=p, c=-q, d=-r$
$D=\frac{|-r-(-q)|}{\sqrt{p^{2}+p^{2}}}=\frac{|-r+q|}{\sqrt{2 p^{2}}}=\frac{|q-r|}{p \sqrt{2}}$
The distance between the parallel lines $p(x+y)=q=0$ and $p(x+y)-r=0$ is $\frac{|q-1|}{p \sqrt{2}}$ units