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Topic: Lines in the plane
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clio

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Reply to "Lines in the plane"
Posted: Apr 26, 2001 12:38 PM
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Mike Schubert writes:

>How it can be proved that for n>=3, n distinct points in the plane,
>not all on a single line, determine at least n distinct lines ?

>Thanks

You could try a proof by induction.
Clio

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