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7 Aug 2024 15:19:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: general geometry question  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 21 Aug 2001 16:47:08
Message: <slrn9o5i6e.i0a.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:51:15 -0400, Mark M. Wilson wrote:
>My only problem with that is that with only two points used, I can think
>of at least THREE possible circles

Actually, with just two points you can choose a center anywhere on the 
line that's equally distant from both points and draw a circle that goes 
through both points.  Thus, there are infinite solutions to the two-point
problem.

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