SOLUTION: If planes a and b are distinct planes having points x,y,and z in common, what conclusion can you make about points x,y, and z? Why?

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Question 112219: If planes a and b are distinct planes having points x,y,and z in common, what conclusion can you make about points x,y, and z?
Why?
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the intersection of two distinct planes results in a line

if x, y, and are common to both planes; then x, y, an z are colinear (all on the same line)