In class during the geometry section of Elementary Math we learned about the fundamental building blocks of geometry. One of the important building blocks in Geometry consists of lines.
What is a line? A line extends in two directions forever and is determined by two points. When you think of a line you normally just think of a line representing point A to point B like in the image below:
But there are a few more lines you need to know about! Another type of line is an Intersecting line which are lines with exactly one point in common. The picture below represents an Intersecting line.
Concurrent lines are are similar to Intersecting lines, but concurrent lines consist of three or more lines that intersect at the same point. Like the image below:
The last type of lines you should know about are parallel lines. Parallel lines are coplanar lines that have no points in common. The image below shows what they look like:
I hope this helped in digesting the one of many different building blocks in Geometry!
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