Concept explainers
To complete: the given statement with the word always, sometimes or never.
Answer to Problem 35WE
sometimes
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The statement:
Two lines perpendicular to a third line are __________ perpendicular to each other.
Perpendicular lines are those lines which are non-coplanar, so they neither intersect each other nor are parallel to each other.
Even if the two lines are perpendicular to a third line, those two lines can be parallel or perpendicular to each other.
So, it can be said that,
Two lines perpendicular to a third line are sometimes perpendicular to each other.
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