Line WS is parallel to line KV. Line RT is perpendicular to line KV. Explain the relationship of line RT to line WS. Please provide at least one reason to support the answer

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Since line WS is parallel to line KV, and line RT is perpendicular to line KV, it follows that line RT is also perpendicular to line WS. This is because if two lines are parallel and one of them is perpendicular to a third line, then the two parallel lines are also perpendicular to the third line.

One reason to support this is the transitive property of perpendicular lines. If line RT is perpendicular to line KV, and line KV is parallel to line WS, then line RT must also be perpendicular to line WS. This relationship can be expressed using the transitive property of perpendicular lines.