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How many line segments may be intersected by a ray?

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Infinite line segments can be intersected by a ray.
Let $l_{1}, l_{2}, l_{3}, . . . . . . . . . . . l_{n}$ be the infinite number of line segments that can be intersected by a ray $\vec{O A}$ .

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