Distance Between Parallel Lines

The Parallel lines in mathematics are coplanar straight lines that do not cross at any point. The Parallel planes can be defined as the plane never meeting in the same three-dimensional space. The given Curves that don’t touch or intersect and maintain a predetermined minimum distance are known as parallel curves. A-line and a plane that does not share a point in three-dimensional Euclidean space are also said to be parallel. Skew lines, on the other hand, are two non coplanar lines. 

The distance between two lines refers to the distance between the two lines. A line is a figure constructed by connecting two points with the smallest possible distance between them and extending both ends of the line to infinity. The perpendicular distance between two lines can be used to compute the distance between them. In most cases, we calculate the distance between two parallel lines.

In addition, the shortest distance between two non-intersecting lines in the same plane is the distance that is the shortest of all the distances between two points on both lines. Let’s look at some additional examples and practise questions to learn more about the distance between two lines.

Distance between parallel lines is the perpendicular distance between two distinct lines, which are parallel (i.e., do not intersect), which is always constant.

The distance between parallel lines is constant. That means that, given parallel lines, any two points that lie on one line, can also be matched up with a point on the other line, so that the distance between those two points remains constant. 

 What are Parallel Lines

In pure mathematics, parallel lines are lines in a plane that don’t meet; that’s, 2 straight lines during a plane that don’t come across at any point are mentioned to be parallel. By augmentation, a line segment or a plane, or 2 planes, in 3-dimensional Euclidean space which never shares some extents are called to be parallel. However, 2 lines in a three-dimensional house that don’t meet should be during a common plane to be thought of parallel; otherwise, they’re known as skew lines. Parallel planes within the same three-dimensional house that ne’er meet.

How to Evaluate the Distance Between Two Lines

• First of all, we have to calculate if the given equations are in slope-intercept form or not

• And if the equations are in slope-intercept form, we must check whether the slope is equal

• Now we have to find the intersection point and value of slopes for each of the lines

• Put the values of slope in the slope-intercept equation and find Y

• Put all the values in the distance formula and ultimately you get the distance between two parallel lines

Perpendicular Lines

•  Two perpendicular Lines will always intersect at 90°
• If 2 lines are perpendicular to the same line, they will be parallel and will never intersect
• They always intersect, but the converse is not true
• If two given lines are perpendicularly with the slope m1,m2 then

m2x m1 =-1

e.g., Railway crossing, Football Field, First Aid Kit. 

Point to remember.

• The perpendicular distance between two parallel lines ax+by+c1=0 and ax+by+c2=0 is always equal to |c1–c2|/(a²+b²) 

• The distance between two given parallel lines can be calculated from the equations of that given line. The distance between two given parallel lines with the equations of y = mx + c1 and y = mx + c2 is 

d = (|c1 − c2|) /  (√1+m2)

• The distance between the two lines will never vary if they are parallel. The slope of two parallel lines will be the same, but the y-intercept of each line will be different. If we know the equations of the two lines, we may compute the shortest distance between them
• Product of two perpendicular lines is -1
• The Slope of the given parallel line is the same