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For (x+by=8) to be parallel and distinct to (3x+12y=30), which value of (b) is suitable?

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Correct answer: (4)

The direct answer is option A, b=4. Two lines are parallel when their x- and y-coefficient ratios are equal, but they are distinct when their constant terms do not have the same ratio. The second equation is 3x+12y=30. Dividing it by 3 gives x+4y=10. The first equation is x+by=8, so b must be 4 to make the x and y coefficients proportional. Then the equations are x+4y=8 and x+4y=10: they have the same slope but different intercepts, so they are parallel and never meet. Option A works because b=4. Option B, b=3, gives x+3y=8, which has a different slope. Option C, b=12, also gives a different slope. Option D, b=1, gives x+y=8 and is not parallel to the second line. Memory cue: same coefficient ratio means parallel; a different constant ratio means distinct.

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