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Is there only one point where the line connecting the two skew lines is perpendicular to them both? And is that point always always always the place of closest approach?
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Skew lines are lines that do not intersect and are not parallel. They are also not coplanar, meaning they do not lie on the same plane.
If two lines are not parallel and do not intersect, they are skew lines. You can also determine if two lines are skew by checking if they lie on different planes.
No, skew lines cannot have the same direction. They must have different directions in order to not intersect or be parallel.
Yes, two skew lines can be equidistant if they are parallel to a common plane.
One way to visualize skew lines is to imagine two pencils placed on a table at different angles, with their tips touching the table. Another way is to think of two railroad tracks that do not intersect but are not parallel.