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TIMSville
The map of TIMSville shows Maple Avenue and Pine Avenue as lines that go in the same direction. We say Maple Avenue and Pine Avenue are parallel. These streets always stay the same distance apart. They will never intersect (meet) even if they went on, in the same direction, forever.
Lake Street and Madison Street are not parallel. If they continued going straight, they would intersect.
Pine Avenue and Jefferson Street are perpendicular. This means they form right angles where they intersect. Washington Street and Lake Street intersect. However, they are not perpendicular.
- Name a street parallel to Elm Avenue.
- Name a street parallel to Madison Street.
- Name a street perpendicular to Maple Avenue.
- Name a street perpendicular to Washington Street.
- Name two streets that Lake Street intersects.