Can two lines in three-dimensional space have a common intersection point if…?

Can two lines in three-dimensional space have an intersection point if they are multiples of each other?

I just watched a video that confused me a bit about this.

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MichaelH77
10 months ago

if the direction vectors of the straight lines are identical or a multiple of one another, then the straight lines are either identical or parallel. You can therefore not have a point of intersection (if they are identical, they have infinitely many common points)

evtldocha
10 months ago

if they are a multiple of each other?

I may misunderstand your question, but if one of them emerges from a multiplication with a factor, then the straight lines are identical and have infinitely many common points.

LoverOfPi
10 months ago
Reply to  evtldocha

Shouldn’t you have to go into the direction vector here? If I multiply a whole straight line including the support vector with a factor !=+-1, do I get a really parallel straight line, don’t I?

evtldocha
10 months ago
Reply to  LoverOfPi

From Directionsvectors is not a speech in the question. There is after my sentence confession that the Straight “Several from each other”. In this respect, the question for me is basically pointless.

evtldocha
10 months ago

Yes, but when are straight lines often different?

😉 I really didn’t ask myself that question. If you set them up, you are right, then you inevitably come to the direction vector (but also to a further point of the straight line).

LoverOfPi
10 months ago

Yes, but when are straight lines often different? I do not think this is a point.