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MathsIsFun

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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

A new page for your enjoyment: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

Comments, suggestions welcome.

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bobbym

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

Hi MIF;

Very good!

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hi MIF,

That's a good page you've got there.  How did you get that pencil to stay at an angle to your table? 

Bob

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

How did you get that pencil to stay at an angle to your table?

With my gravity field generator ... doesn't everyone have one?

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

I already knew that so I did not have to ask.

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

Hi MathsIsFun,

The page is well made. The illustration is neat! Thanks!

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

Thanks ganesh!

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Bob

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

hi MIF,

With my gravity field generator ... doesn't everyone have one?

Sadly not.  Now that would have been very handy for moving the shed.  As it was we had to resort to very old technology ... Egyptian I think ... we used rollers.

Bob

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

Rollers are a great invention.

(PS: I never answered your question, sorry. I used Blu-Tack)

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

hi MIF

nice explanation,definitely easier to understand!

I just have to ask which grade is this meant for?

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

Years 9-12 (Solid Geometry)

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anonimnystefy

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

well this is fine for grades up to 8 but i think a more precise definition would be necessary,because that's how the higher grades learn it.maybe besides what you have you should have a page that explains lines better,if there isn't one already and just give a link to it.i see here that there's one that explains ines on the lower grade level but not the one that gives the real definition of lines by using Euclid's axioms.

EDIT: what i like very much is that you mention that how we draw the line is just our illustration,which is not mentioned that often in other places!

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2011-11-12 07:52:55)

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

A new page for your enjoyment: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

Comments, suggestions welcome.

Click onto this link for the problem (mind bender) at the bottom of the page.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/perpendicular-parallel.html

"Mind Bender
Something that makes my mind bend: we know that if we have two parallel lines,
and we rotate one by 90°, they will be perpendicular to each other, right?
Well, does the same apply to curves? Can you have "perpendicular curves",
by rotating one of them by 90°? I simply don't know, but it is fun to think about."

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Let there be two racetrack-shaped closed curves,
not necessarily the same width or length, having
semicircles at each end facing out and each semicircle
is connected by parallel lines to the endpoints of the
respective semicircles.

Let these two curves be oriented parallel to each other,
have sufficiently long line segment sides to connect
the semicircles, and be positioned relative to each other
so that when one is rotated 90 degrees, there will be
either two intersection points or four intersections where
the intersecting sides will be perpendicular to each other.

Before the rotation of 90 degrees, there are cases where
one of these "racetrack" curves might even be completely
inside of the other.

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines and Planes

Interesting example, thanks.

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