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Dwayne is walking on a straight sidewalk. He spots

a vertical flagpole 10 feet to his right. His friend
Ursula says that the flagpole and sidewalk can be
used to model two lines. Which term best describes
the sidewalk and the flagpole?

User Vutran
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Answer:

Skew lines

Explanation:

Skew lines are two straight lines in three dimensional space that are neither parallel nor do they intersect Examples of skew lines are the front sidewalk and a line that goes along one of the top edges of the house, or lines that connecting opposite edges of a regular tetrahedron

Other examples of skew lines can be found in non co-planar non parallel, parts of a bridge.

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