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Can you show me what perpendicular is?
Perpendicular means "at right angles to". L is an example of two lines that are perpendicular to one another.
What symbol do you use to show that two lines are perpendicular?
You would use this: ┴
Can you show me a example of a perpendicular question?
When straight lines are perpendicular to each other they create right angles of 90 degrees
Do perpendicular lines ever meet at right angles?
Whether perpendicular lines meet at right angles depends on what they are perpendicular to. Perpendicular is a relational word; this is perpendicular to that.When a pair of lines are perpendicular to each other, they are properly called "mutually perpendicular". Many people (including mathematicians) say just "two perpendicular lines" when they really mean mutually perpendicular, if it is clear from the context that that is what is meant.However, there exists at least one teacher, at least one of whom is a mathematician, who will on at least one occasion attempt to catch out at least one of his students by leading that student to make an assumption the validity of which has not been rigorously proved.This often happens when a teacher is trying to show his pupils the art of rigor in mathematical proof. (The previous paragraph is to give you some idea of what a rigorous proof looks like.)Just to formally answer the question, mutually perpendicular lines on a plane always meet at right-angles - that's what perpendicular means.
Why does an equal sign look like two lines?
An equal sign IS two lines. Whatever mathemetician first invented the symbol apparently thought it was the best symbol to show equality (equal-ness).
