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#1 2012-09-06 10:44:11

zee-f
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lines

I am really having trouble answering this question sad


If I have two lines, will they cross?  Explain fully.  What postulate helps me answer this question?


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#2 2012-09-06 10:47:37

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Re: lines

On a plane. They can be parallel and never meet. They can intersect at 1 point. They can be the same line ( on top of each other ) and intersect at an infinite number of points.

Parallel postulate talks about parallel lines never crossing.


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#3 2012-09-06 10:54:27

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Re: lines

So they can and cant? depending on the point or direction ?


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#4 2012-09-06 11:00:37

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Re: lines

Yes, those are the three possibilites, provided both lines are on a plane.

In the drawing below I have shortened the lines so they look like segments to beter fit them on a screen. Remember as lines they continue on forever.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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