NAME THE PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES FROM THE FIGURE

Parallel line:

Straight lines that never meet and stay the same distance apart are called parallel lines.

Perpendicular line:

Straight lines which meet at a right angle are called perpendicular lines.

Using ║ and ┴, write statements about the following figures:

Problem 1 :

Solution :

Perpendicular line

PQ ┴ QR

Problem 2 :

Solution :

Parallel line

AB ║ CD

Problem 3 :

Solution :

Parallel line

HI ║ JK

Perpendicular line

IJ ┴ JK and JI ┴ HI

Problem 4 :

Solution :

Perpendicular line

KM ┴ NL

Problem 5 :

Solution :

Parallel line

PQ ║ RS

Perpendicular line    

PS ┴ PQ

QR ┴ RS

PS ┴ SR

QR ┴ PQ

Problem 6 :

Solution :

Parallel line

XW ║ YZ and WZ ║ XY

Perpendicular line

WX ┴ WZ

WZ ┴ ZY

XY ┴ YZ

XY ┴ XW