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Not so. Parallel lines never meet. Another way to say that in math (not science) is that they meet infinitely far away, because infinitely far away is a hypothetical place farther away than any real place.

2007-01-18 05:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0 0

No lines can meet AT infinity because infinity is endless. Are you thinking about the geometry of our universe. With one theory about a possible geometry, lines that appear parallel would converge at some point. In another theory, lines that appear parallel would always diverge, and finally in a third theory parallel lines would never meet.

2007-01-18 13:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0 0

Eugene is correct.
Assuming a flat geometry (whether that's 2D or 3D), parallel lines will never meet.

And although our universe (and hence the space that makes it up) is not completely flat, its curvature is only a very tiny fraction more than flatness -- given the geometry of our universe, there is not enough distance across our universe for parallel lines starting at one end to meet at the other end. The curvature is that small -- and the universe is some 14 billion light years in size.

2007-01-18 13:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Parallel lines will always remain parallel until the universe goes out of existence.

2007-01-18 18:28:11 · answer #4 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0 0

Parallel lines will meet at a distance and time of infinity .

2007-01-18 17:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by NQS 5 · 0 0

Parallel lines only meet at infinity in art class when you use perspective. In math they never meet.

2007-01-18 13:03:21 · answer #6 · answered by Gene 7 · 0 0

"Parallel lines" are a mathematical concept--not a scientific one. as defined mathematecially, parallel lines never meet.

If you are talking about the visual phenomenon of two straight lines (say, the rails of a railroad track) seeming to meet in the distance, that is an optical illusion.

2007-01-18 14:30:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A simple explanation. Universe is not 2 dimensional and is assumed like a balloon ever expanding and is not symmetrical also. Draw parallel lines on this imaginery sphere, definitely they will meet.

2007-01-18 13:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by indiananytime 2 · 0 0

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