5SE 0OSTULATES AND $IAGRAMS

+ 5SE POSTULATES INVOLVING POINTS LINES AND PLANES

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0OSTULATE 

)F TWO LINES INTERSECT THEN THEIR INTERSECTION

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0OSTULATE 

4HROUGH ANY THREE Vi> POINTS

THERE EXISTS EXACTLY ONE PLANE

0OSTULATE 

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Vi> POINTS

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0OSTULATE  )F TWO PLANES INTERSECT THEN THEIR
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9OUR .OTES

%XAMPLE 

)DENTIFY POSTULATES FROM A DIAGRAM

5SE THE DIAGRAM TO WRITE EXAMPLES

OF 0OSTULATES  AND 
0OSTULATE  0LANE + CONTAINS AT
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0OSTULATE  4HE INTERSECTION OF PLANE

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THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES

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9OUR .OTES

%XAMPLE 

5SE GIVEN INFORMATION TO SKETCH A DIAGRAM

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THROUGH 8 SO THAT IT IS
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)NTERPRET A DIAGRAM IN THREE DIMENSIONS

7HICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS CANNOT BE ASSUMED

FROM THE DIAGRAM




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