How to Prove Two Lines Are Parallel?

Show corresponding angles are equal

Show alternate interior angles are equal

Show alternate exterior angles are equal

Show same-side interior angles are supplementary

Show both lines are perpendicular to the same line

Show both lines have the same slope

Show the lines are parallel to the same line

Show they never intersect in a plane

Use the converse of the parallel lines angle theorems

Use coordinate geometry to compare slopes

Use vector direction to show proportional direction vectors

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