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What is the equation of the line which is equidistant from the lines \(2x - 4y - 7 = 0\) and \(6x - 12y + 1 = 0\)?

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\(3x-6y-5=0\)

Writing both lines with matching coefficients of \(x\) and \(y\): \(6x-12y-21=0\) and \(6x-12y+1=0\). The line equidistant from two parallel lines \(ax+by+c_1=0\) and \(ax+by+c_2=0\) is \(ax+by+\dfrac{c_1+c_2}{2}=0\). This gives \(6x-12y-10=0\), which simplifies to \(3x-6y-5=0\).

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