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Lines and Planes in Space

Applied Mathematics — Second Secondary

Lines and Planes in Space

Positions of two lines in space

Positions of two lines in space

  1. In space
  2. two straight lines can be in one of the following three positions:
Position Definition Condition
Parallel They lie in one plane and do not meet Their directions are parallel
Intersecting They lie in one plane and meet at one point They have exactly one common point
Skew
  • They do not lie in one plane
  • they are neither parallel nor intersecting
  • No common point
  • and their directions are not parallel
  1. Skew lines can never be drawn in one plane
  2. however we choose it.
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