Question
Planes Q and R are parallel. Lines a and b are shown on planes Q and R, respectively.
Planes Q and R are parallel. Plane Q contains line a and plane R contains line b. Both lines are going in different directions.
Which statement is true about lines a and b?
They are parallel lines.
They are perpendicular lines.
They are skew lines.
They will intersect.
Planes Q and R are parallel. Plane Q contains line a and plane R contains line b. Both lines are going in different directions.
Which statement is true about lines a and b?
They are parallel lines.
They are perpendicular lines.
They are skew lines.
They will intersect.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct statement about lines \( a \) and \( b \) is that they are **skew lines**.
Skew lines are defined as lines that are not parallel and do not intersect, which is the case here since both lines lie in parallel planes and are going in different directions.
Skew lines are defined as lines that are not parallel and do not intersect, which is the case here since both lines lie in parallel planes and are going in different directions.