# Interpretation of “three coplanar lines intersect”

How should "three coplanar lines intersect" be drawn? Will they form something that looks like an asterisk? Or three lines that somehow form a triangle? Or either interpretation is acceptable?

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Either interpretation is acceptable. –  user53153 Feb 2 '13 at 2:49
"three coplanar lines concur" (or, "are concurrent") would unambiguously indicate the asterisk case. –  Blue Feb 2 '13 at 3:23

## 1 Answer

The asterisk would be more clearly described by "three coplanar lines intersect in a point", and the triangle would be more clearly described by "three coplanar lines intersect pairwise". Without either of these clarifications, the statement is ambiguous and could be interpreted either way, depending on the context.

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Thank you for all your answers. - Case closed - –  user60623 Feb 2 '13 at 4:33
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