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Question
Mark a point O on a piece of paper. Using a sharp pencil and a ruler, draw a line through the point O. Then draw one more line through the point O. How many lines can you draw through O?
Write a statement regarding your observations.
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Solution
We take a point O on a piece of paper. Using a sharp pencil, we draw a line OA through O.
another line OB is drawn as shown in the figure.
We can draw an infinite number of lines from O as we know that an infinite number of lines can be drawn through a point in aplane,
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