@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@ system). Otherwise it is <term>inconsistent</term>.<idx><h>linear system</h><h>i
422422 <ol >
423423 <li ><em >Consistent with one solution:</em >
424424 its solution set contains a single vector, e.g.
425- <m >\setList{\left[\begin{array}{c}1\\2\\3\end{array}\right]}</m >
425+ <m >\setList{\left[\begin{array}{c}1\\2\\3\end{array}\right]}</m >,
426+ <xref ref =" figure-intersecting-planes-one" />
426427 </li >
427428 <li >
428429 <em >Consistent with infinitely-many solutions</em >:
@@ -434,16 +435,54 @@ system). Otherwise it is <term>inconsistent</term>.<idx><h>linear system</h><h>i
434435 }{
435436 a\in\IR
436437 }
437- </m >
438+ </m >,
439+ <xref ref =" figure-intersecting-planes-inf" />
438440 </li >
439441 <li ><em >Inconsistent</em >:
440- its solution set is the empty set, denoted by either <m >\{\}</m > or <m >\emptyset</m >.
442+ its solution set is the empty set, denoted by either <m >\{\}</m > or <m >\emptyset</m >, e.g.
443+ <xref ref =" figure-intersecting-planes-zero" />
441444 </li >
442445 </ol >
443446 </p >
444447 </statement >
445448 </fact >
446449
450+ <figure xml : id =" figure-intersecting-planes-one" >
451+ <caption >Intersection of three planes at one point</caption >
452+ <image xml : id =" LE1-image-intersection-planes-one" >
453+ <sageplot variant =" 3d" aspect =" 1.0" >
454+ <xi : include href =" ./sage/LE1-image-intersection-planes-one.sage" parse =" text" />
455+ </sageplot >
456+ <description >
457+ <p >Three planes are shown to intersect at a single point. An arrow points to the point of intersection at coordinates <m >(1,2,3)</m >.</p >
458+ </description >
459+ </image >
460+ </figure >
461+
462+ <figure xml : id =" figure-intersecting-planes-inf" >
463+ <caption >Intersection of three planes at a line</caption >
464+ <image xml : id =" LE1-image-intersection-planes-inf" >
465+ <sageplot variant =" 3d" aspect =" 1.0" >
466+ <xi : include href =" ./sage/LE1-image-intersection-planes-inf.sage" parse =" text" />
467+ </sageplot >
468+ <description >
469+ <p >Three planes are shown to intersect along a line of points.</p >
470+ </description >
471+ </image >
472+ </figure >
473+
474+ <figure xml : id =" figure-intersecting-planes-zero" >
475+ <caption >Three non-mutually-intersecting planes</caption >
476+ <image xml : id =" LE1-image-intersection-planes-zero" >
477+ <sageplot variant =" 3d" aspect =" 1.0" >
478+ <xi : include href =" ./sage/LE1-image-intersection-planes-zero.sage" parse =" text" />
479+ </sageplot >
480+ <description >
481+ <p >Three planes are shown to intersect at no common point, although each pair of planes intersects along a line of points.</p >
482+ </description >
483+ </image >
484+ </figure >
485+
447486 <activity estimated-time =" 10" >
448487 <statement >
449488 <p >
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