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Postulates and Theorems

This document defines postulates as statements assumed to be true without proof, and theorems as statements that can be proven from postulates. It lists six postulates about lines and planes, and three theorems that can be proven from these postulates, including that two intersecting lines meet at exactly one point, a point outside a line defines a single plane containing both, and two intersecting lines lie in a single plane.

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Postulates and Theorems

This document defines postulates as statements assumed to be true without proof, and theorems as statements that can be proven from postulates. It lists six postulates about lines and planes, and three theorems that can be proven from these postulates, including that two intersecting lines meet at exactly one point, a point outside a line defines a single plane containing both, and two intersecting lines lie in a single plane.

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Postulates and Theorems

A postulate is a statement that is assumed true without proof. A theorem is a true statement that can
be proven. Listed below are six postulates and the theorems that can be proven from these
postulates.

 Postulate 1: A line contains at least two points.


 Postulate 2: A plane contains at least three noncollinear points.
 Postulate 3: Through any two points, there is exactly one line.
 Postulate 4: Through any three noncollinear points, there is exactly one plane.
 Postulate 5: If two points lie in a plane, then the line joining them lies in that plane.
 Postulate 6: If two planes intersect, then their intersection is a line.
 Theorem 1: If two lines intersect, then they intersect in exactly one point.
 Theorem 2: If a point lies outside a line, then exactly one plane contains both the line and the
point.
 Theorem 3: If two lines intersect, then exactly one plane contains both lines.

Example 1: State the postulate or theorem you would use to justify the statement made about each
figure.

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