Elementary Geometry for College Students (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 9781285195698
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-569-8

Chapter 9 - Section 9.4 - Polyhedrons and Spheres - Exercises - Page 427: 41

Answer

The planes are parallel.

Work Step by Step

Two planes that are tangent to a sphere at the endpoints of a diameter will never intersect and will always be a diameters distance apart, therefore they are parallel.
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