perpendicular lines are similar to intersecting lines because that's what they are. Intersecting lines are two lines that cross each other. Perpendicular lines are the same, two lines crossing each other, just with a more specific rule to have right angles.
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Perpendicular lines have to intersect to make a right angle Like this: + Intersecting lines don't have to intersect to make a right angle Like this: X
draw two intersecting lines that are not perpendicular
Some intersecting lines are perpendicular lines.Take any old pair of intersecting lines. If the angles at the intersectionhappen to be 90 degree angles, then the lines are perpendicular lines.
Yes. Perpendicular lines are intersecting lines, but they have right angles.
intersecting lines are going on top of each other like this: + perpendicular lines go like this: X parallel lines go like this: =