3 phase Delta / Star : Line or Phase?

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I am studying for an exam and I never know if I am finding line current / voltage or phase current / voltage. How can I tell? I guess I am confused on what "phase" and "line" represent. For example:
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If I do the voltage divided by the impedance, then this gives me phase current, but how do I know?

Does it differ for star and delta configurations? If this example would have been in star would I still have found the phase current by doing that division ?
 

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Cocoleia said:
If I do the voltage divided by the impedance, then this gives me phase current,
And for star, it is equal to line current. For delta, phase current is equal to 1/√3 times the line current.