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Getting to Know Planes

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When two geometric planes interact with each other, it is in one of two ways: as parallel planes or as intersecting planes. Here are the definitions for these two types of relationships between a pair of planes:

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  • Parallel planes: Parallel planes are planes that never cross. The ceiling of a room (assuming it’s flat) and the floor are parallel planes (though true planes extend forever in all directions).

  • Intersecting planes: Hold onto your hat — intersecting planes are planes that cross, or intersect. When planes intersect, the place where they cross forms a line. The floor and a wall of a room are intersecting planes, and where the floor meets the wall is the line of intersection of the two planes.

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Mark Ryan has more than three decades’ experience as a calculus teacher and tutor. He has a gift for mathematics and a gift for explaining it in plain English. He tutors students in all junior high and high school math courses as well as math test prep, and he’s the founder of The Math Center on Chicago’s North Shore. Ryan is the author of Calculus For Dummies, Calculus Essentials For Dummies, Geometry For Dummies, and several other math books.