English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

2007-09-10 13:09:14 · 3 answers · asked by daisyduke3375 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

3 answers

Sometime true (so false), the intersection could be empty (if the planes are parallel, or one plane (if the planes are the same).

2007-09-10 13:13:44 · answer #1 · answered by Phineas Bogg 6 · 0 0

that statement is true if altered slightly...

the intersection of two non-parallel planes is a line.

the intersection of two coincidental planes is just the plane itself, and the intersection of two parallel planes is empty. however, a coincidental plane is obviously parallel to itself, so it remains sufficient and necessary that two planes be non-parallel in order for their intersection to be a line.

another way to look at this is to look at vectors normal to the planes...two planes are parallel if and only if their normal vectors are parallel, so a sufficient and necessary condition for the intersection of two planes to be a line is that their normal vectors not be parallel.

2007-09-10 20:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by Nick S 5 · 0 0

TRUE!!! it says intersection, so it has to be a line

have yourself a good day.

2007-09-10 20:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by climberguy12 7 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers