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Does every line have an infinite number of lines that are parallel to it

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Yes. Every line has an infinite number of lines that are parallel to it. I do believe this is true since each plane extends forever in every direction.
User Bohdan Pylypenko
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Answer:

Yes

Explanation:

If you have a line, for example:


y=m_(1)x+b_(1)

where
m_(1) is the slope and
b_(1) is the point where that line crosses the y axis calles the y-intercept.

And another line parallel to the first line:


y=m_(2)x+b_(2)

the slopes of both lines must meet the following condition


m_(1)*m_(2)=-1

so as we can see we have a condition for the slope of a parallel line, but we dont have a condition or restriction for the y-intercept of the parallel line, so
b_(2) can have any value (an infinite number of values)

which means that there are an infinite number of parallel lines for any straight line.

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