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Prove that two circles cannot intersect at more than two points

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Let there be two circles which intersect at three points say at A,B and C.
Clearly A,B and C are not collinear.
We know that through three non-collinear points A,B and C one and only one circle can pass.
Therefore there cannot be two circles passing through A,B and C. In other words the two circles cannot intersect at more than two points

Observe the following figure-



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