Concept

Collinear

Any set of two or more points that lie on the same line are said to be collinear.
Collinear points A, B, and C lie on a line, with non-collinear point D positioned below the line.

In this illustration, A, B, and C are all considered to be collinear. In contrast, D does not lie on the same line as the other points.

Collinear and Non-Collinear Points

However, since any two points can be used to define a line, D is still considered to be collinear with the other points individually. Therefore, there are four sets of collinear points on the graph. {A,B,C} {A,D} {B,D} {C,D}

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