Show that the real projective line, P1, is orientable

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I'm asked to show that the real projective line, P1, is orientable. I'm not quite sure how to define orientable to prove this.

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By one point $P$, a projective line is not divided into two segments.
Only two point $P, Q$ divide it into two segments.
A third point $R$ lies in one of these two segments.
This is the concept of orientation or simply direction on the line: there are two possibilities of the order of the points, namely: $PRQP$ or $PQRP$.
Draw the line e.g. as a circle to illustrate this.