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How many line are determine by eight points if none of three points are colinear?
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∙ 10y ago
You've basically asked "what is 8 choose 2?", which is 8! / ( 6! * 2! ) or 28.
The two are identical because each pair of points determines a line (since no three points are collinear). Since there are 28 ways to choose 2 items from a set of 8 items, there are 28 possible pairs of points and therefore 28 lines.
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Noncollinear points lie on the same line?
You have to have three or more points to have non-colinear points because any two points determine a line. Noncolinear are NOT on the same line.
How do you prove the 3 points are colinear?
To prove that three points are colinear, pick two points and form the equation of the line they describe, and then see if the third point lies on that line.
What three points can be the verticies of a triangle?
Any three points anywhere in space can be the vertices of a triangle, as long as all three are not colinear.
A triangle is a figure formed by three segments and four coplanar points?
No. A trinagle does not require four points, three are sufficient. And any three points, if they are not colinear, must be coplanar.
Are three points colinear?
Not necessarily, eg the three points (0, 0), (1, 1) and (2,0) are not co-linear, but (0,0), (1,1) and (2,2) are. But three points are co-planar, that is they all lie in one plane.
Can each plane be uniquely defined by three points?
Yes, a plane can be uniquely defined by three points as long as the three points are not colinear. (Three points are colinear if there is a straight line that passes through all three points.)
Noncollinear points lie on the same line?
You have to have three or more points to have non-colinear points because any two points determine a line. Noncolinear are NOT on the same line.
How do you prove the 3 points are colinear?
To prove that three points are colinear, pick two points and form the equation of the line they describe, and then see if the third point lies on that line.
What three points can be the verticies of a triangle?
Any three points anywhere in space can be the vertices of a triangle, as long as all three are not colinear.
A triangle is a figure formed by three segments and four coplanar points?
No. A trinagle does not require four points, three are sufficient. And any three points, if they are not colinear, must be coplanar.
Are three points colinear?
Not necessarily, eg the three points (0, 0), (1, 1) and (2,0) are not co-linear, but (0,0), (1,1) and (2,2) are. But three points are co-planar, that is they all lie in one plane.
Do three coplanar points lie on the same line?
They lie in the same plane, but they don't necessarily have to lie on the same line. Every triangle consists of three points that are coplanar but non-colinear.
Can three points determine space?
Three points can determine a plane but not 3-d space.
Do two points determine a plane?
No. Three points do. Two points determine a line.
Three points that determine a plane?
Any 3 points determine a plane.
True or false Any three points can be the verticies of a triangle?
False. Three collinear points determine a line while three non-collinear points determine a plane ( A Triangle)
A figure formed by three or more points joined by line segments?
Triangle: A figure formed by exactly three (non-colinear) points joined by line segments is a triangle. A figure formed by three or more points is generally called a polygon. Of course, if all of the points are co-linear then there is not much of a figure. A polygon has 3 or more sides.
