Are intersecting and perpendicuular lines the same?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 8/21/2019

No. "Intersecting" just mean that they cross. "Perpendicular" means, specifically, that they cross at a right angle. Actually, in the case of segments, they don't even need to cross to be "perpendicular", but the lines that contain them would cross at right angles.

Wiki User

∙ 11y ago

What else can I help you with?

Can the same two lines be perpendicularparalleland intersecting?

No, because although perpendicular and intersecting lines do touch, parallel lines never meet.

Lines that are in the same plane but are not parallel are called?

Intersecting lines.

What are lines in the same plane that are not paralle are called what?

intersecting lines

Can intersecting lines have the same slope?

NO they can't

Lines that pass through the same point?

these lines are called intersecting lines

Line that are in the same plant and are not parallel?

Lines in the same plane that are not parallel are intersecting lines.

What do you call intersecting lines that meet?

you call intersecting lines that meet, just intersecting lines yolanda

What does intersecting lines mean?

Intersecting lines are those that lie in the same plane and cross each other at some point. Unless they are parallel, lines in the same plane always cross.

What kind of lines are in the same plane and are not parallel?

intersecting lines divergent lines convergent lines

Can two intersecting lines have the same slope?

NO they can't

Lines running in the same direction not intersecting?

parallelogram

Lines lying on the same point are?

Two or more lines containing the same point are intersecting.