Review Questions

Solve each problem.

  1. Imagine a line going through each branch of the tree below (see the red lines in the image). What term best describes the two branches with lines in the tree pictured below?




  2. How many lines can be drawn through point  E that will be parallel to line  m?

  3. Which of the following best describes skew lines?
    1. They lie in the same plane but do not intersect.
    2. They intersect, but not at a right angle.
    3. They lie in different planes and never intersect.
    4. They intersect at a right angle.
  4. Are the sides of the Transamerica Pyramid building in San Francisco parallel?




  5. How many lines can be drawn through point  M that will be perpendicular to line  l?

  6. Which of the following best describes parallel lines?
    1. They lie in the same plane but do not intersect.
    2. They intersect, but not at a right angle.
    3. They lie in different planes and never intersect.
    4. They intersect at a right angle.
  7. Draw five parallel lines in the plane. How many regions is the plane divided into by these five lines?
  8. If you draw  n parallel lines in the plane, how many regions will the plane be divided into?





Review Answers

  1. Skew
  2. One
  3. C
  4. No
  5. One
  6. A
  7. Five parallel lines divide the plane into six regions

  8.  n parallel lines divide the plane into  n + 1 regions
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