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one line coincide with the two points of the other, then the lines coincide with all their other points as
well.
Keeping that in mind, were quite perfect to say that if two lines intersect at two points, then theyll have
to intersect on infinitely many points, in other words, theyd become identical lines and instead
of two lines, well have a line which is impossible because we cant decrease/increase number of lines in
the system from which we started our work, that is, our hypothesis we must still have two lines.
A Practical Demonstration
Take a transparent-like piece of drawing paper and draw two lines namely line AB and the line CD as
shown in the picture. Then try folding this paper (e.g. following the dotted line) in such a way that the two
lines tend to intersect each other. Now see how many times they intersect each other?