Solution

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Use the preceding coefficient identities with the three prescribed plane equations. They immediately give
For example, its dot product with is , because while the other two terms give zero; the other equations follow cyclically. This verifies existence. If two points satisfied all three equations, their difference would be perpendicular to all three members of a basis and therefore zero. Hence the intersection is unique, not merely one possible intersection point.

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