PARALLEL LINES

By: Navneet Kad

PARALLEL LINES

PROPERTIES OF PARALLEL
LINES
Lines Which Never Intersect, are Called
Parallel Lines

Perpendicular Distance Between Two

Parallel Lines Is Always Same.
TRANSVERSAL LINE: A LINE WHICH
INTERSECTS TWO LINES ON DIFFERENT POINTS
Corresponding Angles Are Equal

<1=<5
<2=<6
<3=<7
<4=<8
Alternate Angles Are Equal.

<3=<5
<4=<6
Internal Angles On The Same Side
Of A Transversal Are Supplementary

<4+<5=180
<3+<6=180
Examples of parallel lines

Given: l II m and n is transversal,

n
<a=450
a=45 l To find: <b,<c,<d
b Solution:
d c m
a+b=1800 linear pair of angles
450 +b=180
B=1800-450=1350
<a=<c corresponding angles
<c=450
<d=<b alternate angles
<d=1350
Two lines which are parallel to another
line are parallel to each other also.
1 Given: l II n and m II n .
l To prove: l II m
2 Construction: draw a transversal p.
m
3 Proof:
n l II n and p is transversal
<1=<3 (corresponding angles)---------(1)
p l II m and p is transversal
<2=<3 (corresponding angles)-----------(3)
From (1) & (3)
<1=<2
But this is a pair of corresponding angles
therefore l II m
Lines which are perpendicular to a given
line are parallel to each other.
l
m Let a line p is given to us.
Draw a line l perpendicular
to p. <1=90°

p Draw a line m perpendicular

to p. <2=90°
<1=<2=90°
But this is a pair of
corresponding angles.

Therefore l II m.
 Bibliography

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/geo/parallel.html

http://www.mathopenref.com/parallel.html