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The shortest distance between 2 parallel lines is a perpendicular drawn between 2 parallel lines the diagram shows it clearly 1 parallel line ------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | the vertical line is the shortest distance | | ------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd parallel line
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Why is the distance between two lines only defined for parallel lines?
because they never intersect
How would you know if lines a perpendicular or parallel?
perpendicular lines intersect each other at 90 degrees whereas parallel lines never intersect each other and remain equal distance apart from each other. Obviously the way to test if two lines are parallel is to measure their distance from each other at at least two points (the farther apart the better) to confirm that they remain equal distance apart, but to test if lines are perpendicular, with a compass with the point at the point where the two lines intersect, draw an arc (or three parts of an arc) that intersects one of the lines in two places and the other line in one place. If the distances between the lines at the points where they are intersected by the arc are equal, the lines are perpendicular.
Does a parallel lines intersect?
No never because they remain equal distance from one another
If two lines are parallel do they have the same slope?
Yes but they remain equal distance apart from each other
What is the formula for a Trapezium?
Trapezium :Area(A) = 1/2 h(a + b)where a and b are the length of the parallel sidesh= distance between two parallel lines .Perimeter(P) = a + b + c + dwhere a,b,c and d are the length of the sides.
