At what position of its secant is the segment enclosed between parallel lines having the smallest length?

If you draw a straight line perpendicularly through parallel lines, which we call a secant, then a segment is formed between them (the intersection points of the secant and the straight line form a point). It is he who will have the smallest length. This segment is called the distance between parallel lines.



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