Write whether the following statement is True or False. Justify your answer.
Two distinct intersecting lines cannot be parallel to the same line.

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(A) The statement is $True$.
Justification: According to Playfair's Axiom,which is an equivalent version of Euclid's fifth postulate,if a line $l$ and a point $P$ (not on $l$) are given,there exists exactly one line $m$ passing through $P$ such that $m$ is parallel to $l$.
If two distinct intersecting lines $m_1$ and $m_2$ were both parallel to the same line $l$,it would contradict the property that through a point not on a given line,there is only one unique line parallel to the given line. Therefore,two distinct intersecting lines cannot be parallel to the same line.

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