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Collision detection logic

Edit 2 In the following picture sprite1 (the red square) is hitting the platform from the left, so: sprite1_rightEdge>platformSprite leftEdge would be true, so I can simply reposition ...
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Game physics / 2D Collision detection AS3

I know there are some methods you can use like hittestPoint and so on, but I want to see where my movieclip colliedes with another another movieclip. Any other methods I can use? by any chance does ...
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Why do we use physics engines for collision testing or raycasting?

There is a thing I don't understand about game engines: why it is so common to use physics engines to do raycasting or collision testing? Say that you have a 3D scene loaded in your scene manager ...