PARALLEL LINES

AND
PERPENDICULAR LINES
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PROPERTIES
PARALLEL LINES

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PERPENDICULAR LINES

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FORM SPECIAL ANGLES WHEN CUT BY A

TRANSVERSAL

OPPOSITE RECIPROCAL SLOPES;

PRODUCT IS -1

NEVER TOUCH OR INTERSECT

SHORTEST DISTANCE FROM THE LINE

EQUAL DISTANCE

SAME PLANE

SAME DISTANCE

INTERSECT

PARALLEL LINES
AND
REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
PARALLEL LINES ARE EQUAL
DISTANCE APART FROM EACH
OTHER.

BOTH OF THESE PICTURES ARE

EQUAL DISTANCE APART.
WHICH HAVE THE SAME SLOPE.

IN THESE REAL WORLD EXAMPLES,

THESE LINES DO NOT TOUCH.

PERPENDICULAR LINES
AND
REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
PERPENDICULAR LINES INTERSECT
EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVE OPPOSITE RECIPROCAL
SLOPES AND THE PRODUCT
BETWEEN THE TWO SLOPES EQUAL 1
THE SHORTEST DISTANCE FROM THE
LINE ARE PERPENDICULAR LINES.