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Given the system of straight lines
a(2x+y-3)+b(3x+2y-5)=0,
the line of the system situated farthest from the point (4,-3) has the equation
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For a system of lines, extreme distances occur at boundary members of the family.
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\(4x+11y-15=0\)
\(7x+y-8=0\)
\(4x+3y-7=0\)
3x-4y+1=0
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