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All lines are defined by two or more distinct points.

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Q: Can two distinct points define a single line?
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Can two distinct points both exist on two distinct lines?

No. Two distinct points define a single line.


How many points determine exactly one line?

It takes exactly 2 distinct points to uniquely define a line, i.e. for any two distinct points, there is a unique line containing them.


What detemines a unique straight line?

In a Euclidean plane any two distinct points uniquely define a straight line.


Can you always write the equation of a line if you know one point on the line?

You cannot define a line with a single point (a single point only defines itself). You need two points to define a line (and therefore to write the equation for it).


What is a distinct line segment?

It will have end points to be a distinct line segment


Do 3 distinct points always lie on the same line?

Yes. Every line has an infinite number of distinct points.


Can two points determine a plane?

No, 2 points define a line, 3 points define a plane.


Can two distinct points both exist on two distinct line?

No. Two points determine one line, and only one.


When you Visualize 2 distinct points on a line. The points divide the line into separate regions. How many distinct regions is the line divided into?

It is divided into three regions.


Give a line and a point not on the line how many planes do they define?

They define one plane. A line is defined by two points, and it takes three points to define a plane, so two points on the line, and one more point not on the line equals one plane.


Does a plane have only two points?

No, two points define a line. It takes three points to define a plane.


How many points are in a unique line?

Every line and every line segment of >0 length has an inifinite amount of unique points.Socratic Explaination:consider ...- There are 2 distinct points defining a line segment.- Between these 2 distinct points, there is a midpoint.- The midpoint divides the original segment into 2 segments of equal length.- There are 2 distinct points used to define each segment.- Between these 2 distinct points, there is a midpoint for each segment.- These midpoints divide the segments into smaller segments of equal length.- repeat until throughly beatenThis leads to a description of an infinite amount of points for any given line segment.This does not describe all the points of a line segment. Example: the points 1/3 of the distance from either of the the original 2 points are approached but never hit.Please, feel free to rephrase this explanation. I know it's sloppy.