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The lines can be infinitely long, but they will never cross paths.

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Q: What does it mean for one line to be parallel to another?
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If one of two parallel lines is perpendicular to another line is the other of the two lines parallel to the third line?

since one parallel lines is perpendicular to another line, the other parallel line is perpendicular to the line as well. so the two would not be parallel, only the original two.


What shapes that only have exactly1 parallel sides?

One parallel side is like one scissor, one tweezer, one plier, one pant, and one hand clapping. Without another one, there's no such thing. A line can't be parallel if it doesn't have another line to be parallel to, and if it has, then the other line is also parallel to the first one. Parallel things always come in groups of at least two. So there's no shape that satisfies the description in the question.


What is the name of a shape with 1 parallel line and 1 symmetry?

You cannot have one parallel line. There must be another line that it is parallel to. Also, 1 symmetry is meaningless - you can have one axis of symmetry or rotational symmetry of order one. The answer will depend on which one it is.


What is a paralell line?

"Parallel" refers to the relationship between two lines, not to a single line. Two lines are said to be parallel, or one line is parallel TO ANOTHER, if they are in the same plane, and are always at the same distance from each other, that is, as you move along one line, the distance to the other line is always the same - they don't cross, or get away from one another.


What make a line parallel?

Lines are parallel when they remain equal distance apart from one another and they never intersect with each other.


When you an angle you divide it into equal parts?

When dividing one of for having one line parallel to one another.


What does a solid yellow line on your side of the road way parallel to the yellow center line mean?

it means that you cannot pass another car until ther are yellow dashes instead of the one long line


Why did you say that a certain line is parallel to other?

Lines that are equal distance from one another and never intersect are said to be parallel lines.


If AB is parallel to CD and the slope of CD is one over two what is the slope of AB?

The slope of line AB will be 1/2. Two parallel lines will always have the same slope, so if you know the slope of one line that is parallel to another, you know the other line's slope.


If two lines are parallel to the same line then they are to each other?

They are equal distance from one another.


What shape has 4 side and only 1 parallel line?

If you mean one pair of parallel lines, then you're talking about a trapezoid.


Is y equals 5x plus 3 parallel or perpindicular?

Neither: because one line, by itself, can be neither parallel or perpendicular. These characteristics are relevant only in the context of another line (or lines). The given line is parallel to some lines and perpendicular to others.