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A ladder is formed by rungs that are perpendicular to the sides of the ladder. Explain why the rungs of the ladder are parallel.

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The rungs are all perpendicular to the same sides of a ladder, so they are presumably oriented the same and are parallel to each other.
I will point out that rungs can be perpendicular to a shaft without being parallel. For example if the rungs formed a helical pattern like DNA, they would still be perpendicular to the long axis, but not parallel to each other.
For most ladders, the rungs will be parallel.
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