First use the preceding isometry to align the first two points, and put . It remains to align with while fixing . Use orthonormal coordinates in which and , , and write , . The prescribed distances giveSubtracting yields , and then . Therefore is either or its reflection across the line through . In the first case take ; in the second compose with that reflection. Both constructions fix the first two images and send the third point to its required image. The argument also covers three collinear points, when the two possible third images coincide. Thus all three points can be matched by one plane isometry.
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