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What are perpendicular and parallel lines on a polygon?
A polygon need not have ANY perpendicular or parallel lines. For example, consider an equilateral triangle. It can happen that two sides of a polygon, extended if necessary, meet at a point where they form a 90 degree angle. Those two lines are perpendicular. There may be pairs of lines such that, no matter how far you extend them in either direction, they will never meet. Such lines are parallel. A triangle cannot have parallel lines but it can have perpendicular lines. Any polygon of 4 or more sides can have sides that are perpendicular or parallel (or some of each).
How many parallel and perpendicular lines does a dodecahedron have?
It need not have any.
How do you graph parallel and perpendicular lines?
If you want to graph parallel lines, they need to have the same slope (Ex. 2x+2 and 2x+3)- parallel lines cannot have the same y-intercept because the two line would be the same. Perpendicular lines slopes need have to be opposite reciprocals (Ex. -2x+4 and +1/2x+3)- perpendicular lines can have the same y-intercepts, it doesn't make a difference.
Does an equilateral have parallel or perpendicula?
We'd need to know the number of sides. An equilateral triangle won't have any parallel or perpendicular sides. An equilateral quadrilateral will have two pairs of parallel sides which may or may not be perpendicular.
I need a real life example of Parallel lines with a perpendicular transversal?
Railway lines with sleepers? Lines of latitude crossed by a line of longitude?
