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Which describes the intersection of the plane A and line M?

Which describes the intersection of the plane A and line M?-example-1

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Describe it as perpendicular; since line M bisects plane A, at a 90degree angle
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The intersection of plane A and line M is point X.

We can see this from the diagram because line M passes through point X, and point X is also contained in plane A. Therefore, point X is the only point that is common to both the line and the plane, and so it is their intersection.

Another way to think about it is that a line can only intersect a plane at a single point. If line M intersected plane A at two or more points, then it would lie entirely in plane A. However, we know that line M does not lie entirely in plane A, because it extends beyond the plane in both directions. Therefore, the intersection of line M and plane A must be a single point, and that point is point X.

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