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First Four Postulates

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State TRUE or FALSE
Given any two distinct points A and B, there exists a third point C which is between A and B.

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True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
There are several undefined terms which are to be listed by a student. These two postulates (i) and (ii) are consistent because they deal with two different situations.
Postulate
(i) states that given two points A and B, there is a point C lying on the line in between them.

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