6. If three lines , , and in space are pairwise skew lines, then the number of lines that intersect with , , and is:
Pick one
Solution
6. D.
First, regardless of the positional relationship between , , and , we can always construct a parallelepiped such that lies on line , lies on line , and lies on line . Then, take any point on the extension of . Draw a plane through and line . Plane intersects line at point and line at point , so . Therefore, in plane , line is not parallel to , and must intersect at a point . Thus, line intersects lines , , and simultaneously. Since there are infinitely many ways to choose point , there are infinitely many lines that intersect , , and simultaneously.
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