[Math] I have a hard time understanding this simple theorem: “If two lines intersect, then exactly one plane contains the lines.”

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I'm sorry if this is an extremely simple question, but I'm honestly having a hard time understanding a theorem in my geometry book.
Here is the theorem:

"If two lines intersect, then exactly one plane contains the lines."

Now, each line contains two points, and according to another theorem in my book:

"If two lines intersect, then they intersect in exactly one point."

and three noncollinear points define a plane.

Now, a line endlessly continues in two opposite directions, if two lines were to intersect, shouldn’t that create $5$ points? And I'm also wondering if that would create two different planes (with both planes sharing one point at the intersection.)

Best Answer

I think I can clear up some misunderstanding. A line contains more than just two points. A line is made up of infinitely many points. It is however true that a line is determined by 2 points, namely just extend the line segment connecting those two points.

Similarly a plane is determined by 3 non-co-linear points. In this case the three points are a point from each line and the point of intersection. We are not creating a new point when the lines intersect, the point was already there.

This is not the same thing as saying that there are 5 points because there are two from each line and the point from their intersection.

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