Monday, September 13, 2010

Various kinds of lines in geometry:

In geometry line is straight curve and it has no end points. Basically a line is formed by a set of points along a straight path , going to opposite direction. Usually lines are used to represent a straight object with negligible width and height.

There are usually three different types of lines in math. They are
  • Parallel lines : Two lines in a plane that are never meet are called as parallel lines. They are always the same distance apart. And also going to the same direction. Parallel lines have the same slope.

  • Perpendicular lines : Perpendicular lines are lines that are intersect each other at right angles. If two lines are perpendicular to each other then the product of their slope is equal to -1.

  • Intersecting lines : Intersecting line is the last one of the types of lines in math, where 2 or more lines are meet or intersect at a common point.
These all are about different types of lines in math.

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