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Consider the diagram.



Why are lines AC and RS skew lines?

They lie in different planes and will never intersect.
They lie in the same plane but will never intersect.
They lie in different planes but will intersect if a plane is drawn to contain both lines.
They lie in different planes and will be parallel if a plane is drawn to contain both lines.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Answer: "They lie in different planes and will never intersect."

Reason: Skew lines are non‑coplanar lines that do not intersect (and are not parallel). AC and RS lie in different planes of the figure, so they cannot meet — hence they are skew.