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Geometry Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Hungary

There are given four rays, aa, bb, cc and dd in space, starting from the same point, laying in a plane Π\varPi. For an arbitrary acute angle φ\varphi, rotate Π\varPi by angle φ\varphi in positive direction around each of the four rays; denote the rotated planes by AφA_\varphi, BφB_\varphi, Γφ\varGamma_\varphi and Δφ\varDelta_\varphi, respectively. Let Σφ\varSigma_\varphi be the plane through the intersection line of AφA_\varphi and BφB_\varphi, and the intersection line of Γφ\varGamma_\varphi and Δφ\varDelta_\varphi. Show that the planes Σφ\varSigma_\varphi share a common line.
(5 pont)

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