Perpendicular and Parallel Lines
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🛎️ What are Different Types of Lines?
- A line segment has two endpoints, a ray has one endpoint, and a line has no endpoints.
- Rays and lines continue forever, but a line segment has a fixed length.
🛎️ What are Perpendicular and Parallel Lines?
- Perpendicular lines meet at a right angle (90°).
- Parallel lines stay the same distance apart and never meet.
🛎️ How to Measure Distance Between Points and Lines
- The distance between two points is the length of the line segment joining them.
- The distance between parallel lines is the length of the perpendicular line segment between them.
Practice Questions
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What do we call a straight line with two distinct endpoints?
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A straight line with two distinct endpoints is called a line segment, as it has a definite start and end.
Which of these lines never intersect and stay the same distance apart?
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Parallel lines never intersect and remain the same distance apart, unlike perpendicular lines, which intersect at right angles.
Two parallel lines are 8 cm apart. A perpendicular line segment is drawn between them. What is the length of this line segment?
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The perpendicular line segment between two parallel lines is the same as the distance between them, which is 8 cm.
If you draw two lines that are perpendicular, what kind of angle do they form?
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When two lines are perpendicular, they meet at a right angle, which measures exactly 90 degrees.
If two lines are parallel, what is true about the distance between them?
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The distance between parallel lines is constant and never changes. This is one of their defining properties.
What is the shortest distance from a point to a line?
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The shortest distance from a point to a line is always a perpendicular line segment drawn from the point to the line.
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