Wednesday, February 12, 2014

What is the locus of points in space that are equidistant from two parallel planes?Describe in words the locus that satisfies the given condition.

Let AB and CD be 2 || line segments in space, so that ABCD
is quadrilateral. ( A, B, C and  are coplanar
points.)


Complete the quadrilateral
ABCD.


Let X be the mid point od AD  and Y be mid point of
BC.


Then XY is also a || line between the || lines keeping
equal distance  from AB and CD in the plane of ABCD.


Let L
be a perpendicular plane to the plane ABCD through the line
XY.


Now all the points on the plane L are equidistant from
the || lines AB and CD.


So the locus of the
points in space that are equidistant from two parallel lines is a plane perpendicular to
the plane of the || lines. This plane passes through all the midpoints between the two
|| lines.

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